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About Kolhua Village

Kolhua is a mid sized village in Nagaruntari tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,608, made up of 831 males and 777 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolhua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolhua village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Nagaruntari
Pincode 822121
Area (hectares) 358.71 hectares
Population 1,608
Male Population 831
Female Population 777
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kolhua compares

By the 2011 count Kolhua is the 20th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents. Its 358.71 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Kolhua

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

How far is Kolhua from other places

Kolhua lies about 22 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Untari Road, about 11 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 Kolhua
Nearest railway station Untari Road 11 km
District headquarters Garhwa 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagaruntari 24 km

Villages closest to Kolhua

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

Common questions about Kolhua

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolhua village had a population of 1,608. That makes it the 20th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents.

Kolhua village has 831 males and 777 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolhua has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 931.

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

Kolhua covers 358.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kolhua falls under Nagaruntari tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kolhua is Untari Road, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kolhua.

Kolhua is about 22 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolhua is in Nagaruntari tehsil of Garhwa district. Untari Road is about 11 km away. Garhwa is about 22 km away. Nagaruntari is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Babhni (5.2 km), Sonpura (5.6 km) and Bishunpur (8.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kolhua today is likely to be higher.

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