About Kharwa Village

Kharwa is a large village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,267, made up of 2,087 males and 2,180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 853.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharwa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Honavar
Pincode	581335
Area (hectares)	853.3 hectares
Population	4,267
Male Population	2,087
Female Population	2,180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharwa compares

By the 2011 count Kharwa is the 5th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 853.3 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Kharwa

Kharwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kharwa as Available within village. 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 Kharwa from other places

Kharwa lies about 45 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Manki, about 9.9 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 Kharwa
Tehsil headquarters	Honavar	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Manki	9.9 km
Nearest town	Kumta	22 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	45 km

Villages closest to Kharwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharwa village had a population of 4,267. That makes it the 5th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Kharwa village has 2,087 males and 2,180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharwa has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Kharwa is 581335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharwa covers 853.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharwa falls under Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kharwa is Manki, about 9.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kharwa.

Kharwa is about 45 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharwa is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Honavar is about 8.6 km away. Manki is about 9.9 km away. Kumta is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.