About Gangudih Village

Gangudih is a large village in Chandil tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,924, made up of 1,571 males and 1,353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 638 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangudih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangudih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Chandil
Pincode	832401
Area (hectares)	638 hectares
Population	2,924
Male Population	1,571
Female Population	1,353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gangudih compares

By the 2011 count Gangudih is the 6th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents. Its 638 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Gangudih

Gangudih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangudih as Available within 5 - 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 Gangudih from other places

Gangudih lies about 9.8 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, about 7.2 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 Gangudih
Nearest railway station	Mahali Marup	7.2 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandil	27 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	27 km

Villages closest to Gangudih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangudih village had a population of 2,924. That makes it the 6th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents.

Gangudih village has 1,571 males and 1,353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangudih has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Gangudih is 832401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangudih covers 638 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangudih falls under Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangudih is Mahali Marup, about 7.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gangudih.

Gangudih is about 9.8 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangudih is in Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Mahali Marup is about 7.2 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 9.8 km away. Chandil is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.