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About Goradih Village

Goradih is a small village in Margo Munda tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 103 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goradih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goradih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Margo Munda
Pincode 815353
Area (hectares) 88 hectares
Population 192
Male Population 103
Female Population 89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goradih compares

By the 2011 count Goradih is the 91st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 731 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 963.

Getting to Goradih

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

Goradih lies about 38 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 4.2 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 Goradih
Nearest railway station Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Margo Munda 15 km
Nearest town Giridih 16 km
District headquarters Deoghar 38 km

Villages closest to Goradih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Margo Munda 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 Goradih

As per the Census of India 2011, Goradih village had a population of 192. That makes it the 91st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 731 residents.

Goradih village has 103 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goradih has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Goradih is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goradih covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goradih falls under Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Goradih is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 4.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Goradih.

Goradih is about 38 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goradih is in Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 4.2 km away. Margo Munda is about 15 km away. Giridih is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Charghara (under 2 km), Barmasiya (under 2 km) and Bhandaro (2.6 km).

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

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