About Korwa Village

Korwa is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 777, made up of 388 males and 389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 538 hectares hectares.

Korwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	538 hectares
Population	777
Male Population	388
Female Population	389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Korwa compares

By the 2011 count Korwa is the 35th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 538 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Korwa

Korwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Korwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Korwa from other places

Korwa lies about 32 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 30 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 Korwa
Nearest town	Būndu	25 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	32 km
District headquarters	Khunti	32 km

Villages closest to Korwa

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

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Common questions about Korwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Korwa village had a population of 777. That makes it the 35th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Korwa village has 388 males and 389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korwa has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Korwa covers 538 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Korwa falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Korwa is Chakradharpur, about 30 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 10+ km distance for Korwa.

Korwa is about 32 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korwa is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Būndu is about 25 km away. Chakradharpur is about 30 km away. Erki is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.