About Goradangal Village

Goradangal is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 199 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goradangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goradangal village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	814119
Area (hectares)	139.44 hectares
Population	413
Male Population	199
Female Population	214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
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 Goradangal compares

By the 2011 count Goradangal is the 124th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 139.44 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Goradangal

Goradangal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Goradangal 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 Goradangal from other places

Goradangal lies about 35 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Jamtara, about 22 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 Goradangal
Nearest railway station	Jamtara	22 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	35 km
District headquarters	Dumka	35 km

Villages closest to Goradangal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goradangal village had a population of 413. That makes it the 124th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Goradangal village has 199 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goradangal has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Goradangal is 814119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goradangal covers 139.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goradangal falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Goradangal is Jamtara, about 22 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 Goradangal.

Goradangal is about 35 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goradangal is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Jamtara is about 22 km away. Jāmtāra is about 22 km away. Shikaripara is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.