About Namodih Village

Namodih is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 232 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Namodih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Namodih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	442.74 hectares
Population	445
Male Population	232
Female Population	213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
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 Namodih compares

By the 2011 count Namodih is the 27th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 442.74 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Namodih

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

Namodih lies about 31 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 13 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 Namodih
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	13 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	30 km
District headquarters	Dumka	31 km

Villages closest to Namodih

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

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Common questions about Namodih

As per the Census of India 2011, Namodih village had a population of 445. That makes it the 27th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Namodih village has 232 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Namodih has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Namodih is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Namodih covers 442.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Namodih falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Namodih is Harinsing, about 13 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 Namodih.

Namodih is about 31 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Namodih is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 9.8 km away. Harinsing is about 13 km away. Nalhāti is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.