About Kolharia Village

Kolharia is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 159 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	128.94 hectares
Population	330
Male Population	159
Female Population	171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolharia compares

By the 2011 count Kolharia is the 147th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 128.94 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Kolharia

Kolharia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kolharia 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kolharia from other places

Kolharia lies about 27 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Jamua, about 20 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 Kolharia
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	14 km
Nearest railway station	Jamua	20 km
District headquarters	Giridih	27 km

Villages closest to Kolharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolharia village had a population of 330. That makes it the 147th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Kolharia village has 159 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolharia has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Kolharia is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolharia covers 128.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kolharia falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kolharia is Jamua, about 20 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 10+ km distance for Kolharia.

Kolharia is about 27 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolharia is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 14 km away. Jamua is about 20 km away. Giridih is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.