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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITI MARANDI
Contact: 90****2600
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- LGD code
- 358709
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population
- 129
- Households
- 27
- Literacy rate
- 34.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1304 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 62
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 281 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 264 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barharwa Junction · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Godma compares
By population, Godma ranks #132 of 273 villages in Barhait mandal.
Literacy rate
%
34.9%
+2.3% vs mandal average
Godma34.9%
Barhait mandal32.6%
Sahebganj district42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,304
+340 vs mandal average
Godma1,304
Barhait mandal964
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
Godma4.8
Barhait mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Godma at a glance
Godma is a village of 129 people in 27 households (Census 2011) in Barhait block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 132nd-largest of 273 villages in Barhait block. Literacy is 35%, 2 points above the block average of 33% and the sex ratio is 1,304 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 18 km from Sahri, the nearest town, 24 km from Barharwa Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816129, served by Taljhari post office; the LGD village code is 358709. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, 9 km away. The sarpanch is SUNITI MARANDI, and the village votes in Barhait assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Soren. The population is estimated at 152 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godma · this village | 129 | 35% | — |
| Kusma · Barhait | 3,913 | 50% | 0 km N |
| Kadma · Barhait | 3,515 | 34% | 0 km N |
| Baragarhi · Barhait | 919 | 53% | 1.5 km NE |
| Kusma Bazar · Barhait | 448 | 59% | 1.7 km N |
| Parerbathan · Barhait | 331 | 25% | 2.3 km E |
| Mugdi · Barhait | 811 | 24% | 2.9 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Godma
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 67
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 67
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARBANDH
- Total area (ha)
- 61.02
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.44
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Godma
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Key facts — Godma
- LGD code
- 358709
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 129
- Population (projected 2026)
- 152
- Households
- 27
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1304
- Literacy rate
- 34.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.82885°N, 87.54413°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhait
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNITI MARANDI
- Block / Mandal
- Barhait
Getting there
How to reach Godma
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi281 kmcapital
- Kolkata264 km
- Delhi1109 km
- Hyderabad1251 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarharwa Junction24 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre9 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College54 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station48 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)