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About Karuwa Village

Karuwa is a mid sized village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,797, made up of 924 males and 873 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 632 hectares hectares.

Karuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karuwa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Maihar
Area (hectares) 632 hectares
Population 1,797
Male Population 924
Female Population 873
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karuwa compares

By the 2011 count Karuwa is the 64th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 632 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Karuwa

Karuwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karuwa as Available within 5 - 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 Karuwa from other places

Karuwa lies about 28 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Unchhera, about 9.2 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 Karuwa
Nearest railway station Unchhera 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Maihar 12 km
District headquarters Satna 28 km

Villages closest to Karuwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karuwa village had a population of 1,797. That makes it the 64th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Karuwa village has 924 males and 873 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karuwa has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Karuwa covers 632 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karuwa falls under Maihar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karuwa is Unchhera, about 9.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karuwa.

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

Karuwa is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Unchhera is about 9.2 km away. Maihar is about 12 km away. Satna is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kartaha (under 2 km), Amatola (1.7 km) and Magraura (2.0 km).

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

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