About Sarthu Village

Sarthu is a mid sized village in Mahagama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 652, made up of 352 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.25 hectares hectares.

Sarthu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarthu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Mahagama
Area (hectares)	104.25 hectares
Population	652
Male Population	352
Female Population	300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Sarthu compares

By the 2011 count Sarthu is the 94th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 788 residents. Its 104.25 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Sarthu

Sarthu is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sarthu as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sarthu from other places

Sarthu lies about 26 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, about 17 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 Sarthu
Tehsil headquarters	Mahagama	10 km
Nearest railway station	Ghogha	17 km
Nearest town	Colgong	22 km
District headquarters	Godda	26 km

Villages closest to Sarthu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarthu village had a population of 652. That makes it the 94th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 788 residents.

Sarthu village has 352 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarthu has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Sarthu covers 104.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sarthu falls under Mahagama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sarthu is Ghogha, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Sarthu.

Sarthu is about 26 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarthu is in Mahagama tehsil of Godda district. Mahagama is about 10 km away. Ghogha is about 17 km away. Colgong is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.