About Kocha Village

Kocha is a small village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 206 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kocha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kocha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Kharsawan
Pincode	833010
Area (hectares)	112 hectares
Population	385
Male Population	206
Female Population	179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kocha compares

By the 2011 count Kocha is the 85th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 112 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

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 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 5 - 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 20 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 2.8 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
Nearest railway station	Rajkharsawan Junction	2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsawan	8.2 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	17 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	20 km

Villages closest to Kocha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharsawan 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 385. That makes it the 85th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Kocha village has 206 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kocha has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Kocha is 833010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kocha covers 112 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kocha falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kocha is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Kocha.

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

Kocha is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 2.8 km away. Kharsawan is about 8.2 km away. Chakradharpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.