Urwan is a village and a gram panchayat in the

Chandwara Chandwara is a village and gram panchayat in the Chandwara CD block in the Koderma subdivision of the Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Chandwara is located at in Jharkha ...

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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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 ...

Geography

Location

Urwan 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, 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).

Transport

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

Tourism

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

References

{{Koderma District Villages in Koderma district