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About Godwa Village

Godwa 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 6 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Godwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Godwa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816115
Area (hectares) 290.05 hectares
Population 20
Male Population 6
Female Population 14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 2,333
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Godwa compares

By the 2011 count Godwa 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 290.05 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Godwa

The census records public bus service for Godwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Garudhab, Ghoghi, Gila and Goalapahar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Godwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Godwa 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.

Godwa village has 6 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Godwa has about 2333 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Godwa is 816115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Godwa covers 290.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Godwa falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Godwa notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Godwa.

Godwa is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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