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About Kerwa Tola Village

Kerwa Tola is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 99, made up of 47 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerwa Tola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerwa Tola village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Borio
Pincode 816120
Area (hectares) 43.86 hectares
Population 99
Male Population 47
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,106
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kerwa Tola compares

By the 2011 count Kerwa Tola is the 164th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 43.86 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Kerwa Tola

Kerwa Tola is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kerwa Tola as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kerwa Tola from other places

Kerwa Tola lies about 25 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 9.3 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 Kerwa Tola
Tehsil headquarters Borio 6.1 km
Nearest railway station Kalian Chak 9.3 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 19 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 25 km

Villages closest to Kerwa Tola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Borio 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 Kerwa Tola

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerwa Tola village had a population of 99. That makes it the 164th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Kerwa Tola village has 47 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerwa Tola has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Kerwa Tola is 816120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kerwa Tola covers 43.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kerwa Tola falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kerwa Tola is Kalian Chak, about 9.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kerwa Tola.

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

Kerwa Tola is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 6.1 km away. Kalian Chak is about 9.3 km away. Rājmahal is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairbani (under 2 km), Barachatnia (under 2 km) and Pandeni Bedo (1.5 km).

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

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