About Karwai Village

Karwai is a mid sized village in Garu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 806, made up of 397 males and 409 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karwai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karwai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Garu
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	395 hectares
Population	806
Male Population	397
Female Population	409
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
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 Karwai compares

By the 2011 count Karwai is the 8th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 439 residents. Its 395 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Karwai

Karwai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karwai 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 Karwai from other places

Karwai lies about 25 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Hehegara Halt, about 12 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 Karwai
Tehsil headquarters	Garu	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Hehegara Halt	12 km
District headquarters	Latehar	25 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	25 km

Villages closest to Karwai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karwai village had a population of 806. That makes it the 8th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 439 residents.

Karwai village has 397 males and 409 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karwai has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Karwai is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karwai covers 395 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karwai falls under Garu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karwai is Hehegara Halt, about 12 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 Karwai.

Karwai is about 25 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karwai is in Garu tehsil of Latehar district. Garu is about 3.5 km away. Hehegara Halt is about 12 km away. Latehar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.