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About Harodih Village

Harodih is a small village in Mohanpur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 366, made up of 194 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harodih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harodih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Mohanpur
Pincode 814120
Area (hectares) 75 hectares
Population 366
Male Population 194
Female Population 172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Harodih compares

By the 2011 count Harodih is the 166th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 461 residents. Its 75 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 935.

Getting to Harodih

Harodih is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Harodih as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Harodih from other places

Harodih lies about 100 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 19 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 Harodih
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohanpur 31 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 31 km
District headquarters Deoghar 100 km

Villages closest to Harodih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohanpur 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 Harodih

As per the Census of India 2011, Harodih village had a population of 366. That makes it the 166th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 461 residents.

Harodih village has 194 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harodih has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Harodih is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harodih covers 75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harodih falls under Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Harodih is Barharwa Junction, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Harodih.

Harodih is about 100 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harodih is in Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district. Barharwa Junction is about 19 km away. Mohanpur is about 31 km away. Rājmahal is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Singardih (under 2 km), Bhagtadih (1.8 km) and Heth Rangatanr (4.7 km).

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

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