About Daraikocha Village

Daraikocha is a small village in Adityapur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 215, made up of 111 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daraikocha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daraikocha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Adityapur
Pincode	833220
Area (hectares)	46 hectares
Population	215
Male Population	111
Female Population	104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
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 Daraikocha compares

By the 2011 count Daraikocha is the 137th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 623 residents. Its 46 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 977.

Getting to Daraikocha

Daraikocha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Daraikocha 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 Daraikocha from other places

Daraikocha lies about 16 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Sini Junction, 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 Daraikocha
Nearest railway station	Sini Junction	10 km
Nearest town	Gobindpur	12 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Adityapur	19 km

Villages closest to Daraikocha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daraikocha village had a population of 215. That makes it the 137th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 623 residents.

Daraikocha village has 111 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daraikocha has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Daraikocha is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daraikocha covers 46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daraikocha falls under Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Daraikocha is Sini Junction, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Daraikocha.

Daraikocha is about 16 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daraikocha is in Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Sini Junction is about 10 km away. Gobindpur is about 12 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.