About Kaunia Village

Kaunia is a small village in Sariya tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 310, made up of 162 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825322, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaunia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaunia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Sariya
Pincode	825322
Area (hectares)	215.77 hectares
Population	310
Male Population	162
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
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 Kaunia compares

By the 2011 count Kaunia is the 58th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,965 residents. Its 215.77 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Kaunia

Kaunia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kaunia 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 Kaunia from other places

Kaunia lies about 24 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Chegro, about 10 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 Kaunia
Nearest railway station	Chegro	10 km
Nearest town	Gomoh	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sariya	24 km
District headquarters	Giridih	24 km

Villages closest to Kaunia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaunia village had a population of 310. That makes it the 58th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,965 residents.

Kaunia village has 162 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaunia has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Kaunia is 825322. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kaunia covers 215.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kaunia falls under Sariya tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kaunia is Chegro, about 10 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 Kaunia.

Kaunia is about 24 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaunia is in Sariya tehsil of Giridih district. Chegro is about 10 km away. Gomoh is about 22 km away. Sariya is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.