About Korgain Village

Korgain is a mid sized village in Kandi tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,118, made up of 603 males and 515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korgain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korgain village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Kandi
Pincode	822120
Area (hectares)	180.98 hectares
Population	1,118
Male Population	603
Female Population	515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Korgain compares

By the 2011 count Korgain is the 25th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents. Its 180.98 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Korgain

Korgain is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Korgain as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korgain from other places

Korgain lies about 34 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Muhammadganj, about 5.6 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 Korgain
Nearest railway station	Muhammadganj	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandi	7.6 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	18 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	34 km

Villages closest to Korgain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korgain village had a population of 1,118. That makes it the 25th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents.

Korgain village has 603 males and 515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korgain has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Korgain is 822120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korgain covers 180.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Korgain falls under Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Korgain is Muhammadganj, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Korgain.

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

Korgain is in Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district. Muhammadganj is about 5.6 km away. Kandi is about 7.6 km away. Husainābād is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.