About Kerwa Village

Kerwa is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 307, made up of 149 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816129
Area (hectares)	201.54 hectares
Population	307
Male Population	149
Female Population	158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,060
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kerwa compares

By the 2011 count Kerwa is the 64th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 201.54 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Kerwa

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

How far is Kerwa from other places

Kerwa 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
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	12 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	19 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	25 km

Villages closest to Kerwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerwa village had a population of 307. That makes it the 64th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Kerwa village has 149 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerwa has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Kerwa is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kerwa covers 201.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kerwa falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kerwa is Kalian Chak, about 9.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kerwa.

Kerwa 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 is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Kalian Chak is about 9.3 km away. Taljhari is about 12 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.