About Kocha Village

Kocha is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,294, made up of 650 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 691 hectares hectares.

Kocha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kocha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Area (hectares)	691 hectares
Population	1,294
Male Population	650
Female Population	644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kocha compares

By the 2011 count Kocha is the 19th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 691 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Kocha

Kocha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kocha as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kocha from other places

Kocha lies about 30 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 15 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 Kocha
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Pakra	15 km
District headquarters	Khunti	30 km

Villages closest to Kocha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kocha village had a population of 1,294. That makes it the 19th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Kocha village has 650 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kocha has about 991 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 1023.

Kocha covers 691 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kocha falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kocha is Pakra, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kocha.

Kocha is about 30 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kocha is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 8.3 km away. Pakra is about 15 km away. Khunti is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.