Koderma district occupies the northern end of the Chota Nagpur Plateau.

The topography is hilly and the area mostly has laterite soil with patches of clay.

Koderma Reserve Forest occupies the northern part of the district.

[3] The Barakar River flows in the southern part of the district and supports the multi-purpose Tilaiya Dam.

Poanchkhara, Keso, Akto, Gurio, Gukhana Nadi are the main tributaries of the Barakar in the district.

Ghggnna Naddi, Chhotanari Nadi are the tributaries of Sakri river.

[5]Domchanch, Dhab and Nawalshahi police stations serve this block.

[8] According to the 2011 Census of India, Domchanch CD block had a total population of 125,387, of which 109,587 were rural and 15,809 were urban.

The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 27.40%.

It covers 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi) in Koderma and Giridih districts of Jharkhand and adjacent areas in Bihar.

In the 1990s, when the Soviet Union was divided, the countries in the area stopped buying mica from India.

The entire family, including children, are involved in the illegal activity.

The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development.

[18][19] The Madhupur-Giridih-Koderma line passes through this CD block and there are stations at Mahespur and Nawalshahi.