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- LGD code
- 365519
- Pincode
- 822113
- Post office
- Chhatarpur
- Population
- 625
- Households
- 106
- Literacy rate
- 28.6%
- Sex ratio
- 984 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 301
- Distance to district centre
- 178 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 141 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 286 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 285 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kalian Chak · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Boarijore · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kokro compares
By population, Kokro ranks #76 of 142 villages in Chhatarpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
28.6%
−17.8% vs mandal average
- Kokro
- 28.6%
- Chhatarpur mandal
- 46.4%
- Palamu district
- 52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
984
+68 vs mandal average
- Kokro
- 984
- Chhatarpur mandal
- 916
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Kokro
- 5.9
- Chhatarpur mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kokro at a glance
Kokro is a village of 625 people in 106 households (Census 2011) in Chhatarpur block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 76th-largest of 142 villages in Chhatarpur block. Literacy is 29%, 18 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 178 km from the Palamu district centre, 10 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 28 km from Kalian Chak railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822113, served by Chhatarpur post office; the LGD village code is 365519. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Boarijore, 7 km away. The village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 737 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kokro
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DALTONGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHARAI I
- Total area (ha)
- 238
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.71
- Forest area (ha)
- 72.83
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Kokro
- LGD code
- 365519
- Pincode
- 822113
- Post office
- Chhatarpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 625
- Population (projected 2026)
- 737
- Households
- 106
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 984
- Literacy rate
- 28.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.00096°N, 87.46716°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gandey
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalpana Murmu Soren
- Block / Mandal
- Chhatarpur
Getting there
How to reach Kokro
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi286 kmcapital
- Kolkata285 km
- Delhi1094 km
- Hyderabad1258 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKalian Chak28 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Boarijore7 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur51 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station55 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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