About Kolharia Village

Kolharia is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 79 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	65.94 hectares
Population	149
Male Population	79
Female Population	70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
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 Kolharia compares

By the 2011 count Kolharia is the 226th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 65.94 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Kolharia

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

Kolharia lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Dhanpatdih, about 12 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 Kolharia
Nearest railway station	Dhanpatdih	12 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masalia	34 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Kolharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolharia village had a population of 149. That makes it the 226th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Kolharia village has 79 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolharia has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Kolharia is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolharia covers 65.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kolharia falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kolharia is Dhanpatdih, about 12 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 Kolharia.

Kolharia 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.

Kolharia is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Dhanpatdih is about 12 km away. Madhupur is about 29 km away. Masalia is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.