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About Araldih Village

Araldih is a large village in Jaridih tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,247, made up of 1,192 males and 1,055 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Araldih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araldih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Jaridih
Pincode 829301
Area (hectares) 442 hectares
Population 2,247
Male Population 1,192
Female Population 1,055
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Araldih compares

By the 2011 count Araldih is the 11th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,991 residents. Its 442 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Araldih

Araldih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Araldih as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Araldih from other places

Araldih lies about 37 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Gumia, about 4.5 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Araldih
Nearest railway station Gumia 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaridih 13 km
District headquarters Bokaro 37 km

Villages closest to Araldih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaridih tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Araldih

As per the Census of India 2011, Araldih village had a population of 2,247. That makes it the 11th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,991 residents.

Araldih village has 1,192 males and 1,055 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araldih has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Araldih is 829301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Araldih covers 442 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Araldih falls under Jaridih tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Araldih is Gumia, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Araldih.

Araldih is about 37 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Araldih is in Jaridih tehsil of Bokaro district. Gumia is about 4.5 km away. Jaridih is about 13 km away. Bokaro is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pengikudar (8.3 km), Ara Saram (8.8 km) and Chilgora (14 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Araldih today is likely to be higher.

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