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About Karwa Khurd Village

Karwa Khurd is a mid sized village in Garhwa tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,044, made up of 547 males and 497 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 340.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karwa Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karwa Khurd village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Garhwa
Pincode 821124
Area (hectares) 340.66 hectares
Population 1,044
Male Population 547
Female Population 497
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karwa Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Karwa Khurd is the 52nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,372 residents. Its 340.66 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Karwa Khurd

Karwa Khurd is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karwa Khurd as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karwa Khurd from other places

Karwa Khurd lies about 4.9 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 4.5 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 Karwa Khurd
Nearest railway station Garwa 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhwa 4.9 km

Villages closest to Karwa Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garhwa 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 Karwa Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Karwa Khurd village had a population of 1,044. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,372 residents.

Karwa Khurd village has 547 males and 497 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karwa Khurd has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Karwa Khurd is 821124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karwa Khurd covers 340.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karwa Khurd falls under Garhwa tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karwa Khurd is Garwa, about 4.5 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karwa Khurd.

Karwa Khurd is about 4.9 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karwa Khurd is in Garhwa tehsil of Garhwa district. Garwa is about 4.5 km away. Garhwa is about 4.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hur (under 2 km), Pipra Khurd (under 2 km) and Sangrahe Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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