About Gadiganj Village

Gadiganj is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 216 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadiganj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadiganj village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	108.32 hectares
Population	438
Male Population	216
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gadiganj compares

By the 2011 count Gadiganj is the 70th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 108.32 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Gadiganj

Gadiganj is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gadiganj 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gadiganj from other places

Gadiganj lies about 18 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 Gadiganj
Nearest railway station	Taljhari	6.1 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	18 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	18 km

Villages closest to Gadiganj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadiganj village had a population of 438. That makes it the 70th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Gadiganj village has 216 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadiganj has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Gadiganj is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gadiganj covers 108.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gadiganj falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gadiganj is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gadiganj.

Gadiganj is about 18 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadiganj is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 6.1 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Barhait is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.