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About Bodra Village

Bodra is a mid sized village in Bashant Rai tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,386, made up of 772 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bodra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bodra village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Bashant Rai
Pincode 814133
Area (hectares) 276 hectares
Population 1,386
Male Population 772
Female Population 614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 795
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bodra compares

By the 2011 count Bodra is the 24th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 276 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 942.

Getting to Bodra

Bodra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bodra as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bodra from other places

Bodra lies about 5.1 km from Bashant Rai, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 14 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 Bodra
Tehsil headquarters Bashant Rai 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Godda 14 km

Villages closest to Bodra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bashant Rai 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 Bodra

As per the Census of India 2011, Bodra village had a population of 1,386. That makes it the 24th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Bodra village has 772 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bodra has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Bodra is 814133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bodra covers 276 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bodra falls under Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bodra is Godda, about 14 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 village for Bodra.

Bodra is about 5.1 km from Bashant Rai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bodra is in Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district. Bashant Rai is about 5.1 km away. Godda is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Phasiya (under 2 km), Susti (under 2 km) and Resamba (under 2 km).

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

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