About Kerwasa Village

Kerwasa is a mid sized village in Jaora tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,949, made up of 961 males and 988 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 894.3 hectares hectares.

Kerwasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerwasa village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ratlam
Tehsil	Jaora
Area (hectares)	894.3 hectares
Population	1,949
Male Population	961
Female Population	988
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kerwasa compares

By the 2011 count Kerwasa is the 19th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents. Its 894.3 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Kerwasa

Kerwasa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kerwasa as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kerwasa from other places

Kerwasa lies about 28 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Barayla Chaurasi, about 6.4 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 Kerwasa
Nearest railway station	Barayla Chaurasi	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaora	9.5 km
District headquarters	Ratlam	28 km

Villages closest to Kerwasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerwasa village had a population of 1,949. That makes it the 19th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents.

Kerwasa village has 961 males and 988 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerwasa has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Kerwasa covers 894.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kerwasa falls under Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kerwasa is Barayla Chaurasi, about 6.4 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 village for Kerwasa.

Kerwasa is about 28 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kerwasa is in Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district. Barayla Chaurasi is about 6.4 km away. Jaora is about 9.5 km away. Ratlam is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.