About Santaraidih Village

Santaraidih is a small village in Jamua tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 313, made up of 166 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santaraidih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santaraidih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Jamua
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	32.79 hectares
Population	313
Male Population	166
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
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 Santaraidih compares

By the 2011 count Santaraidih is the 225th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 32.79 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Santaraidih

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

Santaraidih lies about 140 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 30 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 Santaraidih
Nearest town	Chatrā	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jamua	19 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	30 km
District headquarters	Giridih	140 km

Villages closest to Santaraidih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santaraidih village had a population of 313. That makes it the 225th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Santaraidih village has 166 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santaraidih has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

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

Santaraidih covers 32.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Santaraidih falls under Jamua tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Santaraidih is Katkamsandi, about 30 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 Santaraidih.

Santaraidih is about 140 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santaraidih is in Jamua tehsil of Giridih district. Chatrā is about 5.9 km away. Jamua is about 19 km away. Katkamsandi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.