About Aridih Village

Aridih is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 43 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aridih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aridih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	70 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	43
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Aridih compares

By the 2011 count Aridih is the 194th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Aridih

Aridih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Aridih as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Aridih from other places

Aridih lies about 43 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 34 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 Aridih
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	4.5 km
Nearest town	Khunti	24 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	34 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	43 km

Villages closest to Aridih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aridih village had a population of 83. That makes it the 194th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Aridih village has 43 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aridih has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Aridih is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aridih covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Aridih falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Aridih is Chakradharpur, about 34 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Aridih.

Aridih is about 43 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aridih is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 4.5 km away. Khunti is about 24 km away. Chakradharpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.