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About Korwa Village

Korwa is a small village in Fatehgarh tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 433, made up of 227 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2633.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korwa village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jaisalmer
Tehsil Fatehgarh
Pincode 345001
Area (hectares) 2633.99 hectares
Population 433
Male Population 227
Female Population 206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korwa compares

By the 2011 count Korwa is the 82nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 818 residents. Its 2633.99 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 well above the tehsil average of 851.

Getting to Korwa

Korwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Korwa as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korwa from other places

Korwa lies about 31 km from Fatehgarh, and the nearest railway station is Jaisalmer, about 33 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 Korwa
Tehsil headquarters Fatehgarh 31 km
Nearest railway station Jaisalmer 33 km

Villages closest to Korwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korwa village had a population of 433. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 818 residents.

Korwa village has 227 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korwa has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 851.

The pincode recorded for Korwa is 345001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korwa covers 2633.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Korwa falls under Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Korwa is Jaisalmer, about 33 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Korwa.

Korwa is about 31 km from Fatehgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korwa is in Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Fatehgarh is about 31 km away. Jaisalmer is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shobh (3.4 km), Badhan (4.0 km) and Digri (4.7 km).

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

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