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About Karve Village

Karve is a large village in Walwa tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,278, made up of 1,142 males and 1,136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 990 hectares hectares.

Karve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karve village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sangli
Tehsil Walwa
Area (hectares) 990 hectares
Population 2,278
Male Population 1,142
Female Population 1,136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 995
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 51st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,662 residents. Its 990 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

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. The nearest villages by name are Kameri, Kanegaon, Kapuskhed and Karandwadi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Karve

As per the Census of India 2011, Karve village had a population of 2,278. That makes it the 51st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,662 residents.

Karve village has 1,142 males and 1,136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karve has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Karve covers 990 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karve falls under Walwa tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Karve notes the nearest railway station 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 in Walwa tehsil of Sangli district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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