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About Koni Village

Koni is a mid sized village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,701, made up of 900 males and 801 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Koni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koni village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gawan
Pincode 815313
Area (hectares) 70.13 hectares
Population 1,701
Male Population 900
Female Population 801
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Koni compares

By the 2011 count Koni is the 15th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 70.13 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Koni

The census records public bus service for Koni as Available within <5 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Koni from other places

Koni lies about 66 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 25 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 Koni
Tehsil headquarters Gawan 3.5 km
Nearest railway station Dhanwar 25 km
Nearest town Kodarma 35 km
District headquarters Giridih 66 km

Villages closest to Koni

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.

Common questions about Koni

As per the Census of India 2011, Koni village had a population of 1,701. That makes it the 15th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Koni village has 900 males and 801 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koni has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

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

Koni covers 70.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Koni falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Koni is Dhanwar, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Koni.

Koni is about 66 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koni is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 3.5 km away. Dhanwar is about 25 km away. Kodarma is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khakhaswakoni (under 2 km), Siri (under 2 km) and Darbedih (1.7 km).

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

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