About Goradih Village

Goradih is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 127, made up of 67 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goradih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goradih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	24 hectares
Population	127
Male Population	67
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
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 Goradih compares

By the 2011 count Goradih is the 190th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 24 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 943.

Getting to Goradih

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

Goradih lies about 16 km from Giridih, 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	Bengabad	13 km
District headquarters	Giridih	16 km

Villages closest to Goradih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goradih village had a population of 127. That makes it the 190th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Goradih village has 67 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goradih has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Goradih is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goradih covers 24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goradih falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih 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 10+ km distance for Goradih.

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

Goradih is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 4.2 km away. Bengabad is about 13 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.