About Urwan Village

Urwan is one of the larger villages in Chandwara tehsil, in the district of Kodarma, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,120, made up of 2,649 males and 2,471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Urwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Urwan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Kodarma
Tehsil	Chandwara
Pincode	825324
Area (hectares)	1163 hectares
Population	5,120
Male Population	2,649
Female Population	2,471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Urwan compares

By the 2011 count Urwan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,132 residents. Its 1163 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Urwan

Urwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Urwan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Urwan from other places

Urwan lies about 11 km from Kodarma, and the nearest railway station is Urwan, about under 2 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 Urwan
Nearest railway station	Urwan	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwara	5.3 km
District headquarters	Kodarma	11 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	11 km

Villages closest to Urwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Urwan village had a population of 5,120. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,132 residents.

Urwan village has 2,649 males and 2,471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Urwan has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Urwan is 825324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Urwan covers 1163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Urwan falls under Chandwara tehsil of Kodarma district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Urwan is Urwan, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Urwan.

Urwan is about 11 km from Kodarma in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Urwan is in Chandwara tehsil of Kodarma district. Urwan is about under 2 km away. Chandwara is about 5.3 km away. Kodarma is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.