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About Gadaitungi Village

Gadaitungi is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 263, made up of 121 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,174 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadaitungi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadaitungi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816116
Area (hectares) 94 hectares
Population 263
Male Population 121
Female Population 142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,174
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gadaitungi compares

By the 2011 count Gadaitungi is the 69th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 94 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Gadaitungi

Gadaitungi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gadaitungi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gadaitungi from other places

Gadaitungi lies about 38 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Bakudi, about under 2 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 Gadaitungi
Nearest railway station Bakudi under 2 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 17 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 38 km

Villages closest to Gadaitungi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadaitungi village had a population of 263. That makes it the 69th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Gadaitungi village has 121 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadaitungi has about 1174 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Gadaitungi is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gadaitungi covers 94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gadaitungi falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gadaitungi is Bakudi, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gadaitungi.

Gadaitungi is about 38 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadaitungi is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Bakudi is about under 2 km away. Rājmahal is about 14 km away. Taljhari is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chalpahar (under 2 km), Bakudih (under 2 km) and Bakudih Bazar (under 2 km).

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

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