About Koia Village

Koia is a mid sized village in Thakurganj tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,998, made up of 1,056 males and 942 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.04 hectares hectares.

Koia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Thakurganj
Area (hectares)	295.04 hectares
Population	1,998
Male Population	1,056
Female Population	942
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
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 Koia compares

By the 2011 count Koia is the 35th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,363 residents. Its 295.04 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Koia

Koia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Koia 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 Koia from other places

Koia lies about 34 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Pawakhali, about 8.3 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 Koia
Nearest railway station	Pawakhali	8.3 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurganj	20 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	34 km

Villages closest to Koia

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

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Common questions about Koia

As per the Census of India 2011, Koia village had a population of 1,998. That makes it the 35th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,363 residents.

Koia village has 1,056 males and 942 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koia has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Koia covers 295.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Koia falls under Thakurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Koia is Pawakhali, about 8.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Koia.

Koia is about 34 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koia is in Thakurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district. Pawakhali is about 8.3 km away. Bahādurganj is about 20 km away. Thakurganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.