About Kolajora Village

Kolajora is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 80 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,162 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolajora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolajora village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	109.68 hectares
Population	173
Male Population	80
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,162
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 Kolajora compares

By the 2011 count Kolajora is the 90th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 109.68 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1013.

Getting to Kolajora

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

Kolajora lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 19 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 Kolajora
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	19 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	31 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Kolajora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolajora village had a population of 173. That makes it the 90th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Kolajora village has 80 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolajora has about 1162 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Kolajora is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolajora covers 109.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kolajora falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kolajora is Harinsing, about 19 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 Kolajora.

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

Kolajora is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 6.3 km away. Harinsing is about 19 km away. Nalhāti is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.