About Kodwa Village

Kodwa is a large village in Dhurki tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,512, made up of 1,352 males and 1,160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 717.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kodwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kodwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Dhurki
Pincode	822121
Area (hectares)	717.84 hectares
Population	2,512
Male Population	1,352
Female Population	1,160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
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 Kodwa compares

By the 2011 count Kodwa is the 10th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents. Its 717.84 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 940.

Getting to Kodwa

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

Kodwa lies about 26 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Satbahini, about 4.6 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 Kodwa
Nearest railway station	Satbahini	4.6 km
Nearest town	Bishrāmpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhurki	26 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	26 km

Villages closest to Kodwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kodwa village had a population of 2,512. That makes it the 10th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents.

Kodwa village has 1,352 males and 1,160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kodwa has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Kodwa is 822121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kodwa covers 717.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kodwa falls under Dhurki tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kodwa is Satbahini, about 4.6 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 Kodwa.

Kodwa is about 26 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kodwa is in Dhurki tehsil of Garhwa district. Satbahini is about 4.6 km away. Bishrāmpur is about 20 km away. Dhurki is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.