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About Karmuwa Village

Karmuwa is a small village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 15, made up of 6 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.4 hectares hectares.

Karmuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karmuwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 38.4 hectares
Population 15
Male Population 6
Female Population 9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karmuwa compares

By the 2011 count Karmuwa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 38.4 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Karmuwa

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

Karmuwa lies about 32 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Khalilabad, about 2.3 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 Karmuwa
Nearest railway station Khalilabad 2.3 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 16 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 32 km

Villages closest to Karmuwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karmuwa village had a population of 15. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Karmuwa village has 6 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karmuwa has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Karmuwa covers 38.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karmuwa falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karmuwa is Khalilabad, about 2.3 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 village for Karmuwa.

Karmuwa is about 32 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karmuwa is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khalilabad is about 2.3 km away. Khalīlābād is about 3.0 km away. Sahjanwa is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mishraulia (3.8 km), Mehdia (4.1 km) and Emilidiha (4.3 km).

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

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