About Gosain Bigha Village

Gosain Bigha is a small village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 373, made up of 193 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gosain Bigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gosain Bigha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825418
Area (hectares)	65 hectares
Population	373
Male Population	193
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gosain Bigha compares

By the 2011 count Gosain Bigha is the 192nd largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 65 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Gosain Bigha

Gosain Bigha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gosain Bigha as Available within 5 - 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 Gosain Bigha from other places

Gosain Bigha lies about 49 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, 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 Gosain Bigha
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	5.8 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	32 km
District headquarters	Giridih	49 km

Villages closest to Gosain Bigha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanwar 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 Gosain Bigha

As per the Census of India 2011, Gosain Bigha village had a population of 373. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Gosain Bigha village has 193 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gosain Bigha has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Gosain Bigha is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gosain Bigha covers 65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gosain Bigha falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gosain Bigha is Dhanwar, about 5.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gosain Bigha.

Gosain Bigha is about 49 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gosain Bigha is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Dhanwar is about 5.8 km away. Barki Saria is about 32 km away. Giridih is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.