About Us

The Kodermadistrict was created on 10thApril 1994, after being carved out of the original Hazaribagh district.Koderma district has one Sub-division namely Koderma and Six Blocks namely viz.,Koderma, Jainagar, Markachoo, Domacchanch, Chandwara, and Satwagan. The district headquarters are at Koderma town. According to the  2011 census ,  Koderma district has a  population  of 717,169.Kodarma has a  sex ratio  of 949  females  for every 1000 males,and a  literacy rate  of 68.35%.State average 66.4%; with male literacy of 82% and female literacy of 64%. 14.14% of the population is under 6 years of age. The total area of Koderma district is 1655.61 Sq. Km, out of which 487.93 Sq. Km is forest area. The district is bordered by  Nawada  district of Bihar on the north, the  Gaya  district of  Bihar  on the west, the  Giridih  district of Jharkhand on the east, and the Hazaribag district of Jharkhand on the south.

 

 

About KVK

 

Krsihi Vigyan Kendra's (KVKs) are agricultural extension centers created by ICAR (Indian Council for Agricultural Research) and its affiliated institutions at district level to provide various types of farm support to the agricultural sector. The first KVK was established during 1974 (Pondichery) and has grown as a largest network in the country.

 KVKs provide several farm support activities like providing technology dissemination to farmers, training, awareness etc. To achieve the set objectives KVKs undertake following types of activities in the adopted villages: (1) Farm Advisory Service (2) Training program for different categories of people. (3) Training program for the extension functionaries. (4) Front Line Demonstration (FLD) (5) On Farm Testing (OFT).

KVKs play a vital role in conducting on farm testing to demonstrate location specific agricultural technologies. KVKs conduct demonstrations to validate the potential of various crops at farmers’ fields. They also conduct need based training programmes for the benefit of farmers, farm women and rural youths. KVKs are creating awareness about improved agricultural technologies through large number of extension programmes. Critical and quality inputs like seeds, planting materials, organic products, biofertilizers and livestock, piglet and poultry strains are produced by the KVKs and made available to the farmers.