About Kolwa Village

Kolwa is a small village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 307, made up of 161 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 406 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	406 hectares
Population	307
Male Population	161
Female Population	146
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 Kolwa compares

By the 2011 count Kolwa is the 147th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 406 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Kolwa

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

Kolwa lies about 15 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 40 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 Kolwa
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	15 km
District headquarters	Chatra	15 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	40 km

Villages closest to Kolwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Kolwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolwa village had a population of 307. That makes it the 147th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Kolwa village has 161 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolwa has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Kolwa is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolwa covers 406 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kolwa falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kolwa is Kathautia, about 40 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 Kolwa.

Kolwa is about 15 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolwa is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 15 km away. Chatra is about 15 km away. Chatrā is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.