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About Korwai Village

Korwai is a mid sized village in Saja tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 631, made up of 317 males and 314 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491993, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korwai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korwai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Saja
Pincode 491993
Area (hectares) 259.71 hectares
Population 631
Male Population 317
Female Population 314
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 991
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korwai compares

By the 2011 count Korwai is the 72nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 259.71 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Korwai

Korwai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Korwai as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korwai from other places

Korwai lies about 57 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 55 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Korwai
Tehsil headquarters Saja 10 km
Nearest town Bemetāra 32 km
Nearest railway station Rasmara 55 km
District headquarters Durg 57 km

Villages closest to Korwai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saja tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Korwai

As per the Census of India 2011, Korwai village had a population of 631. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Korwai village has 317 males and 314 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korwai has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Korwai is 491993. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korwai covers 259.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korwai falls under Saja tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Korwai is Rasmara, about 55 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Korwai.

Korwai is about 57 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korwai is in Saja tehsil of Durg district. Saja is about 10 km away. Bemetāra is about 32 km away. Rasmara is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipariya (under 2 km), Karamtara (2.0 km) and Kehka (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Korwai today is likely to be higher.

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