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Kodarma (also spelled as Koderma) is a city and a notified area 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
Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...
of
Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
. It is also the administrative headquarter of Koderma district.


Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Kodarma
Nagar Parishad In India, a municipal council, also known as municipality, nagar palika, nagar parishad, nagar parisad or nagar sabha, is a self-governing Urban Local Body that administers a smaller urban areas than municipal corporations, with population of 1 ...
had a total population of 24,633, of which 12,941 were males and 11,692 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 1,691, and Scheduled Tribes numbered 153. India
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Kodarma had a population of 17,160. Males constitute 53% of the population, and females 47%. Kodarma has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 53%. In Kodarma, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.


Hospitals

Sadar Hospital is the government-owned public hospital in the city.


Economy

Koderma Thermal Power Station, a coal-based 1000 MW power plant of DVC, was established in 2012, employing thousands of people.


See also

* Kodarma district * Jhumri Telaiya


References

{{Authority control Koderma district