About Kamta Village

Kamta is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 241 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kamta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kamta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	123.7 hectares
Population	471
Male Population	241
Female Population	230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kamta compares

By the 2011 count Kamta is the 55th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 123.7 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Kamta

Kamta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kamta 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kamta from other places

Kamta lies about 65 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 21 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 Kamta
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	21 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	29 km
District headquarters	Giridih	65 km

Villages closest to Kamta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kamta village had a population of 471. That makes it the 55th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Kamta village has 241 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kamta has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Kamta is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kamta covers 123.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kamta falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kamta is Nawadih, about 21 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 village for Kamta.

Kamta is about 65 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kamta is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 7.3 km away. Nawadih is about 21 km away. Kodarma is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.