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About Korga Village

Korga is a mid sized village in Ramna tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,591, made up of 808 males and 783 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Ramna
Pincode 822114
Area (hectares) 531 hectares
Population 1,591
Male Population 808
Female Population 783
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Korga compares

By the 2011 count Korga is the 17th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents. Its 531 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Korga

Korga is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Korga 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korga from other places

Korga lies about 21 km from Garhwa. 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 Korga
Tehsil headquarters Ramna 1.8 km
District headquarters Garhwa 21 km

Villages closest to Korga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korga village had a population of 1,591. That makes it the 17th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents.

Korga village has 808 males and 783 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korga has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 927.

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

Korga covers 531 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korga falls under Ramna tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Korga notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Korga is about 21 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korga is in Ramna tehsil of Garhwa district. Ramna is about 1.8 km away. Garhwa is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mandohar (under 2 km), Mandohar Alias Karua (under 2 km) and Baghaundha Alias Ramna (1.8 km).

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

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