Koderma District Information

District Koderma was created on 10th April 1994 out of  the old  Hazaribagh district of the North Chhotanagpur Division. It is known, as the Mica capital of India. Koderma and Tilaiya are only two important towns in the district. Koderma is district town of Jharkhand and is well known for rich Mica deposits and is also called as "Abharkh Nagari".

It is essentially an under-developed, thinly populated district having varied but limited endowment of natural resources.The five blocks in the district are namely Koderma, Jainagar, Markacho, Satgawan and Chandwara. The district is bounded by 24015.46 and 240 4918 N latitude and 8502601and 8505416 east longitude and covers an area of about 1500.00 Sq Km. It is bounded on the North by the Nawada district of Bihar, on the south by Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand on the east by Giridih district of Jharkhand and on the west by the Gaya district of Bihar. There are 109 panchayats and 577 villages.

Current News:-Ex Hon'ble C.M. Shri Shibu Soren of Jharkhand inagurated newly ''Domchanch" block on 27.10.2008. Domchanch block having 23 panchayats. Sevan panchayats from Markacho Block and Sixteen panchayats from Koderma block to form 'Domchanch' block.

Wadhawa Commssion Report

Koderma District Gazette