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Urwan
Village
Urwan is located in Jharkhand
Urwan
Urwan
Location in Jharkhand, India
Urwan is located in India
Urwan
Urwan
Urwan (India)
Coordinates: 24°21′29″N 85°27′56″E / 24.357983°N 85.465444°E / 24.357983; 85.465444
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictKoderma
Population
 (2011)
 • Total5,120
Languages (*For language details see Chandwara (community development block)#Language and religion)
 • OfficialHindi, Khortha
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
825409
Telephone/ STD code06543
Vehicle registrationJH 12
Lok Sabha constituencyHazaribagh
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBarhi
Websitekoderma.nic.in
urwan

Urwan is a village and a gram panchayat in the Chandwara CD block in the Koderma subdivision of the Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Location[edit | edit source]

Urwan is located at 24°21′29″N 85°27′56″E / 24.357983°N 85.465444°E / 24.357983; 85.465444.

Overview[edit | edit source]

Koderma district is plateau territory and around 60% of the total area is covered with forests. The first dam of the Damodar Valley Corporation, at Tilaiya, was built across the Barakar River and inaugurated in 1953. Koderma Junction railway station has emerged as an important railway centre in the region. It is a predominantly rural district with only 19.72% urban population.[1][2][3]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Urwan had a total population of 5,120, of which 2,649 (52%) were males and 2,471 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,003. The total number of literate persons in Urwan was 2,832 (68.79% of the population over 6 years).[4]

Transport[edit | edit source]

There is a station at Urwan on the Koderma-Hazaribagh-Barkakana-Ranchi line.[5]

Tourism[edit | edit source]

Jharkhand State Tourism Department has developed a ‘Tourist complex’ at Urwan.[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "District Census Handbook 2011 Kodarma, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 8 and 9. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. "District Census Handbook 2011 Kodarma, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 18. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. "Damodar Valley Corporation". Dams and Barrages. DVC. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. "District Census Handbook, Giridih, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 292: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. "73371 => 53371 Koderma-Barkakhana Passenger". Time Table. Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. "Welcome to Koderma". Urwan Tourist Complex. jharkahnddarshan.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2021.