About Sandha Village

Sandha is a mid sized village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 534, made up of 284 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sandha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sandha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	20.4 hectares
Population	534
Male Population	284
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sandha compares

By the 2011 count Sandha is the 50th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 20.4 hectares work out to about 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Sandha

Sandha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sandha as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sandha from other places

Sandha lies about 63 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 23 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 Sandha
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	23 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	37 km
District headquarters	Giridih	63 km

Villages closest to Sandha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sandha village had a population of 534. That makes it the 50th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Sandha village has 284 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sandha has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Sandha is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sandha covers 20.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sandha falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sandha is Dhanwar, about 23 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sandha.

Sandha is about 63 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sandha is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about under 2 km away. Dhanwar is about 23 km away. Kodarma is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.