Domchanch is a
census town
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India
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in the
Domchanch CD block in the
Koderma subdivision of the
Koderma district
Koderma district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand States and territories of India, state, India and Koderma is the administrative headquarters of this district. Jhumri Telaiya is the most populus town of koderma district. It shar ...
in the
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n
state
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of
Jharkhand
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.
Geography
Location
Domchanch is located at .
Overview
Koderma district is plateau territory and around 60% of the total area is covered with forests. The first dam of the
Damodar Valley Corporation
Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a statutory corporation which operates in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India to handle the Damodar Valley Project, the first multipurpose river valley project of independent ...
, at
Tilaiya, was built across the
Barakar River and inaugurated in 1953.
Koderma Junction railway station
Koderma Junction railway station, station code KQR, is railway station of the Indian railway under Dhanbad railway division of East Central Railway zone serving the city of Jhumri Telaiya near by koderma, Koderma city, the headquarters of ...
has emerged as an important railway centre in the region. It is a predominantly rural district with only 19.72% urban population.
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
According to the
2011 Census of India, Domchanch had a total population of 15,890, of which 8,161 (52%) were males and 7,648 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,541. The total number of literate persons in Domchanch was 10,337 (77.91% of the population over 6 years).
Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Kodarma'', Domchanch covered an area of 11.04 km
2. Among the civic amenities, it had 24 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, hand pump. It had 2,335 domestic electric connections, 30 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 2 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 2 TB hospital/ clinics, 5 nursing homes, 1 veterinary hospital, 2 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at
Kodarma 11 km away. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 stadium. It had the branch offices of 2 nationalised banks, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society.
Civic administration
Police station
Domchanch police station serves Domchanch CD block.
CD block HQ
Headquarters of Domchanch CD block is at Domchanch town.
Transport
* There is a station nearby at Maheshpur on the
Madhupur-Giridih-Koderma line.
* Jharkhand State Highway 13, passes through domchanch which connect Koderma by Giridih & Dhanbaad
References
{{Koderma District
Cities and towns in Koderma district