About Korkoma Village

Korkoma is a large village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,471, made up of 1,756 males and 1,715 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 885.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korkoma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korkoma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	885.73 hectares
Population	3,471
Male Population	1,756
Female Population	1,715
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Korkoma compares

By the 2011 count Korkoma is the 10th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 885.73 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Korkoma

Korkoma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Korkoma 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korkoma from other places

Korkoma lies about 10 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 4.9 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 Korkoma
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	4.9 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	10 km

Villages closest to Korkoma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korkoma village had a population of 3,471. That makes it the 10th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Korkoma village has 1,756 males and 1,715 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korkoma has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Korkoma is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korkoma covers 885.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korkoma falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Korkoma is Meralgram, about 4.9 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 10+ km distance for Korkoma.

Korkoma is about 10 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korkoma is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meral is about 3.8 km away. Meralgram is about 4.9 km away. Garhwa is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.