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About Garadih Village

Garadih is a small village in Ichagarh tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 309, made up of 163 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garadih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Ichagarh
Pincode 832403
Area (hectares) 115 hectares
Population 309
Male Population 163
Female Population 146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garadih compares

By the 2011 count Garadih is the 83rd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 115 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 983.

Getting to Garadih

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

How far is Garadih from other places

Garadih lies about 25 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Bakarkudi, about 3.9 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 Garadih
Tehsil headquarters Ichagarh 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Bakarkudi 3.9 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 25 km
Nearest town Balarāmpur 27 km

Villages closest to Garadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garadih village had a population of 309. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Garadih village has 163 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garadih has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Garadih is 832403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garadih covers 115 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garadih falls under Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garadih is Bakarkudi, about 3.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Garadih.

Garadih is about 25 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garadih is in Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Ichagarh is about 3.7 km away. Bakarkudi is about 3.9 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karka (under 2 km), Buruhata (under 2 km) and Adardih (under 2 km).

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

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