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About Jamdiha Village

Jamdiha is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 100 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99 hectares hectares.

Jamdiha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamdiha village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Area (hectares) 99 hectares
Population 187
Male Population 100
Female Population 87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
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 Jamdiha compares

By the 2011 count Jamdiha is the 94th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 99 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Jamdiha

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

Jamdiha lies about 62 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 13 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 Jamdiha
Nearest railway station Harinsing 13 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Sundarpahari 33 km
District headquarters Godda 62 km

Villages closest to Jamdiha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jamdiha village had a population of 187. That makes it the 94th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Jamdiha village has 100 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamdiha has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Jamdiha covers 99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jamdiha falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jamdiha is Harinsing, about 13 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 Jamdiha.

Jamdiha is about 62 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamdiha is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Harinsing is about 13 km away. Nalhāti is about 30 km away. Sundarpahari is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Roldih (3.8 km), Banspahari (8.1 km) and Piparjoria (8.4 km).

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

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