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About Godabar Village

Godabar is a mid sized village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 592, made up of 296 males and 296 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825420, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Godabar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Godabar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode 825420
Area (hectares) 132.38 hectares
Population 592
Male Population 296
Female Population 296
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Godabar compares

By the 2011 count Godabar is the 103rd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 132.38 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Godabar

Godabar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Godabar 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 Godabar from other places

Godabar lies about 25 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Paraiya, about 43 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 Godabar
Nearest town Sherghāti 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 25 km
District headquarters Chatra 25 km
Nearest railway station Paraiya 43 km

Villages closest to Godabar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Godabar

As per the Census of India 2011, Godabar village had a population of 592. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Godabar village has 296 males and 296 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Godabar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Godabar is 825420. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Godabar covers 132.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Godabar falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Godabar is Paraiya, about 43 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 Godabar.

Godabar is about 25 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Godabar is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 15 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 25 km away. Chatra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhondal (under 2 km), Bihari (under 2 km) and Kedli Kalan (under 2 km).

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

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