About Koil Village

Koil is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 200, made up of 93 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,151 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Koil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koil village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Pincode	835210
Area (hectares)	165 hectares
Population	200
Male Population	93
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,151
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 Koil compares

By the 2011 count Koil is the 106th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 165 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Koil

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

Koil lies about 20 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 35 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 Koil
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	20 km
District headquarters	Khunti	20 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	35 km

Villages closest to Koil

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 Koil

As per the Census of India 2011, Koil village had a population of 200. That makes it the 106th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Koil village has 93 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koil has about 1151 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Koil is 835210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Koil covers 165 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Koil falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Koil is Karra, about 35 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 Koil.

Koil is about 20 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koil is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Erki is about 20 km away. Khunti is about 20 km away. Karra is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.