Koderma district is one of the twenty-two districts of Jharkhand and Koderma is the administrative headquarters of this district. Koderma district was created on 10 April 1994, after being carved out of the original Hazaribagh District. Koderma 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.

The district is bounded by 24015’46’’ and 240 49’18’’ N latitude and 85026’01’’and 85054’16’’ 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.

Koderma district has one Sub-division, Kodarma itself and 5 (five) revenue circles. For developmental administration the district is divided into 5 (Five) developmental blocks namely: Koderma, Jainagar, Chandwara, Markachho and Satgawan. There are 717 (Seven Hundred Seventeen) Villages and 80 (Eighty) Panchayats.

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.

The district has only two towns - Koderma and Jhumri Tilaiya. Both of the towns are located along National Highway 31, which connects Ranchi and Patna. Koderma Railway station is on the Grand Chord railway line, which connects Calcutta and Delhi.

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.

Koderma district is richly endowed with natural resources. At one time, Koderma was considered as the mica capital of India. During that time, the townships of Koderma and Jhumeri Tilaiya had seen the rise of several mica tycoons, including the houses of Bhadanis, and Rajgarhias.

Places of Interest

Tilaiya Dam: It is the first Dam and hydro -Electric power station constructed by Damodar Valley Corporation across Barakar River, in Koderma district. The dam is 1200 ft long and 99 ft high situated in an ideal surrounding with a beautiful reservoir in 36 sq km area.

Urwan Tourist Complex: Few kilometres from the Tilaiya dam is Jharkhand State tourism Development’s Tourist Complex at ‘Urwan’, where one can consider spending time by the side of the dam, where one can enjoy boating and other water sports. Interested tourists can follow the main road and drive to Hari Har Dham at Bagodar which is famous for the 52 feet high Shiv Ling which took 30 years to complete and is believed to be the tallest in the world.

Dhwajadhari Hill (Pahari): Few kilometres from the Tilaiya dam is Jharkhand State tourism Development’s Tourist Complex at ‘Urwan’, where one can consider spending time by the side of the dam, where one can enjoy boating and other water sports.

Satagawan Petro falls: Satgawan is one of such places situated in the lap of nature. Surrounded by hills, it has petro-falls in the dense forest. One can go to petro falls from Fatehpur more on NH 31 and between Rajouli & Nawada, passing through Akbarpur, Govindpur, blocks of Nawada district.

Saint Paramhans Baba Tomb: At Domchanch , there is a tomb of saint Paramhans Baba, where people from remote areas come to worship.

Makamaro Hills: The Makamaro hill near Dhab also has some religious relevance. It is beleived that Parsuram had killed his mother and three brothers here on instruction of his father.