About Koa Village

Koa is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 282 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222 hectares hectares.

Koa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	222 hectares
Population	548
Male Population	282
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
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 Koa compares

By the 2011 count Koa is the 53rd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 222 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Koa

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

Koa lies about 19 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 33 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 Koa
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	19 km
District headquarters	Khunti	19 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	33 km

Villages closest to Koa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Koa village had a population of 548. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Koa village has 282 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koa has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Koa covers 222 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Koa falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Koa is Karra, about 33 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 Koa.

Koa is about 19 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koa is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Erki is about 19 km away. Khunti is about 19 km away. Karra is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.