About Karve Village

Karve is a large village in Khanapur tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,636, made up of 1,386 males and 1,250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1642.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karve village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Tehsil	Khanapur
Pincode	415311
Area (hectares)	1642.58 hectares
Population	2,636
Male Population	1,386
Female Population	1,250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karve compares

By the 2011 count Karve is the 12th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents. Its 1642.58 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1052.

Getting to Karve

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

Karve lies about 39 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Kirloskarvadi, about 19 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 Karve
Nearest town	Vite	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kirloskarvadi	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khanapur	20 km
District headquarters	Sangli	39 km

Villages closest to Karve

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karve village had a population of 2,636. That makes it the 12th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents.

Karve village has 1,386 males and 1,250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karve has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1052.

The pincode recorded for Karve is 415311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karve covers 1642.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karve falls under Khanapur tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karve is Kirloskarvadi, about 19 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 Karve.

Karve is about 39 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karve is in Khanapur tehsil of Sangli district. Vite is about 7.8 km away. Kirloskarvadi is about 19 km away. Khanapur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.