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About Gobardaha Village

Gobardaha is a mid sized village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,914, made up of 1,003 males and 911 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 830.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gobardaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gobardaha village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Meral
Pincode 822114
Area (hectares) 830.02 hectares
Population 1,914
Male Population 1,003
Female Population 911
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gobardaha compares

By the 2011 count Gobardaha is the 22nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 830.02 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Gobardaha

Gobardaha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gobardaha 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gobardaha from other places

Gobardaha lies about 16 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station, about 5.8 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 Gobardaha
Nearest railway station Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station 5.8 km
Nearest town Medininagar 14 km
District headquarters Garhwa 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Meral 26 km

Villages closest to Gobardaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gobardaha village had a population of 1,914. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Gobardaha village has 1,003 males and 911 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gobardaha has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Gobardaha is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gobardaha covers 830.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gobardaha falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gobardaha is Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gobardaha.

Gobardaha is about 16 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gobardaha is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station is about 5.8 km away. Medininagar is about 14 km away. Garhwa 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 Patara (8.8 km), Sohbaria (13 km) and Serasam (19 km).

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

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