About Raidih Village

Raidih is a mid sized village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 593, made up of 310 males and 283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raidih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raidih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Kharsawan
Pincode	833220
Area (hectares)	136 hectares
Population	593
Male Population	310
Female Population	283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
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 Raidih compares

By the 2011 count Raidih is the 59th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Raidih

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

Raidih lies about 13 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 6.8 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 Raidih
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsawan	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Rajkharsawan Junction	6.8 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	13 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	24 km

Villages closest to Raidih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Raidih village had a population of 593. That makes it the 59th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Raidih village has 310 males and 283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raidih has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Raidih is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Raidih covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Raidih falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Raidih is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 6.8 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 Raidih.

Raidih is about 13 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raidih is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kharsawan is about under 2 km away. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 6.8 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.