# Karwafa Village, Dhanora, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Dhanora, Gadchiroli 

# Karwafa

Karwafa is a village in Dhanora sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **2,098 people in 446 households**, the 4th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 2,098people (2011)
- 446households
- 81.9%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Karwafa PIN code and other codes

Karwafa falls in Dhanora sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDhanora
- Census village code539047

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Karwafa from nearby towns?

- Dhanora (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)30 km by road
- Gadchiroli (nearest town)28 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Karwafa?

26 services counted by the Census are inside Karwafa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Karwafa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 31% of the 910 hectares of village land is sown, and 199 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Karwafa

Of every 100 households in Karwafa in 2011, 76 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karwafa · ■ Dhanora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**81%

Tap water ****33%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**94%

Use banking services ****92%**

**78%

Television ****30%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****35%**

**26%

Own their home ****82%**

**91%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Karwafa?

■ Karwafa · ■ Dhanora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**991

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**972

Working population ****52.0%**

**58.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 72.8% for women. 54% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 281 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 369 (34%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 151 (14%) · **■** Marginal 280 (26%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Dhanora

- Dhanora6,109 people
- Murumgaon2,672 people
- Rangi2,206 people
- Pendhari1,842 people
- Yerkadmowad1,570 people
- Moholi1,543 people
- Nimgaon1,292 people

[All 228 villages in Dhanora](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/gadchiroli/dhanora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Karwafa from Gadchiroli?30 km by road
- What is the population of Karwafa?2,098 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karwafa in?Gadchiroli district (Dhanora sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Karwafa?81.9% (Census 2011)