About Kosdehra Village

Kosdehra is a small village in Ketar tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 402, made up of 195 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 497.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kosdehra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kosdehra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ketar
Pincode	822112
Area (hectares)	497.96 hectares
Population	402
Male Population	195
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kosdehra compares

By the 2011 count Kosdehra is the 28th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents. Its 497.96 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 934.

Getting to Kosdehra

Kosdehra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kosdehra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kosdehra from other places

Kosdehra lies about 40 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Muhammadganj, about 22 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 Kosdehra
Tehsil headquarters	Ketar	12 km
Nearest railway station	Muhammadganj	22 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	33 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	40 km

Villages closest to Kosdehra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kosdehra village had a population of 402. That makes it the 28th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents.

Kosdehra village has 195 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kosdehra has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Kosdehra is 822112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kosdehra covers 497.96 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.

Kosdehra falls under Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kosdehra is Muhammadganj, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kosdehra.

Kosdehra is about 40 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kosdehra is in Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district. Ketar is about 12 km away. Muhammadganj is about 22 km away. Husainābād is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.