About Turkwas Village

Turkwas is a small village in Kotkasim tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 118 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turkwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turkwas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Kotkasim
Pincode	301702
Area (hectares)	143 hectares
Population	230
Male Population	118
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turkwas compares

By the 2011 count Turkwas is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents. Its 143 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, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Turkwas

Turkwas is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Turkwas as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Silpata, Sokha, Teuwas and Thathka. 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.

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Common questions about Turkwas

As per the Census of India 2011, Turkwas village had a population of 230. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents.

Turkwas village has 118 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turkwas has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Turkwas is 301702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turkwas covers 143 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.

Turkwas falls under Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The census record for Turkwas notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Turkwas.

Turkwas is in Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar 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.