About Sawantwada Village

Sawantwada is a small village in Karwar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 208 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sawantwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawantwada village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Karwar
Pincode	581317
Area (hectares)	263.37 hectares
Population	378
Male Population	208
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	817
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawantwada compares

By the 2011 count Sawantwada is the 39th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents. Its 263.37 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Sawantwada

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

Sawantwada lies about 68 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Canacona, about under 2 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 Sawantwada
Nearest railway station	Canacona	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karwar	24 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	68 km

Villages closest to Sawantwada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawantwada village had a population of 378. That makes it the 39th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents.

Sawantwada village has 208 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawantwada has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Sawantwada is 581317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sawantwada covers 263.37 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.

Sawantwada falls under Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sawantwada is Canacona, about under 2 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 village for Sawantwada.

Sawantwada is about 68 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawantwada is in Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Canacona is about under 2 km away. Karwar is about 24 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.