About Godonga Village

Godonga is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 11 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Godonga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Godonga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816129
Area (hectares)	58.35 hectares
Population	20
Male Population	11
Female Population	9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
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 Godonga compares

By the 2011 count Godonga is the 187th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 58.35 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 992.

Getting to Godonga

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

Godonga lies about 33 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Dhamdhamia, about 5.2 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 Godonga
Nearest railway station	Dhamdhamia	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	14 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	16 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	33 km

Villages closest to Godonga

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.

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Common questions about Godonga

As per the Census of India 2011, Godonga village had a population of 20. That makes it the 187th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Godonga village has 11 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Godonga has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Godonga is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Godonga covers 58.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Godonga falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Godonga is Dhamdhamia, about 5.2 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 Godonga.

Godonga is about 33 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Godonga is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Dhamdhamia is about 5.2 km away. Taljhari is about 14 km away. Rājmahal is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.