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About Karawa Village

Karawa is a small village in Korpana tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 325, made up of 168 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 674.29 hectares hectares.

Karawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karawa village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Korpana
Area (hectares) 674.29 hectares
Population 325
Male Population 168
Female Population 157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karawa compares

By the 2011 count Karawa is the 76th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 870 residents. Its 674.29 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Karawa

The census records public bus service for Karawa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karawa from other places

Karawa lies about 23 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Gadchandur, about 4.1 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 Karawa
Nearest railway station Gadchandur 4.1 km
Nearest town Chāndur 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Korpana 23 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 23 km

Villages closest to Karawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karawa village had a population of 325. That makes it the 76th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 870 residents.

Karawa village has 168 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karawa has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 940.

Karawa covers 674.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karawa falls under Korpana tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karawa is Gadchandur, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karawa.

Karawa is about 23 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karawa is in Korpana tehsil of Chandrapur district. Gadchandur is about 4.1 km away. Chāndur is about 4.8 km away. Korpana is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakhamapur (1.5 km), Kukadsath (2.1 km) and Thutra (3.9 km).

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

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