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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Goradih is a village in Barhait mandal, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 545 across 119 households with a literacy rate of 35.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DOROTHY MURMU
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- LGD code
- 358551
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population
- 545
- Households
- 119
- Literacy rate
- 35.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1019 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 266
- Distance to district centre
- 11 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 294 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 267 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barharwa Junction · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Prem Jyoti Community Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Goradih compares
By population, Goradih ranks #63 of 273 villages in Barhait mandal.
Literacy rate
%
35.2%
+2.6% vs mandal average
- Goradih
- 35.2%
- Barhait mandal
- 32.6%
- Sahebganj district
- 42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,019
+55 vs mandal average
- Goradih
- 1,019
- Barhait mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Goradih
- 4.6
- Barhait mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Goradih at a glance
Goradih is a village of 545 people in 119 households (Census 2011) in Barhait block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 63rd-largest of 273 villages in Barhait block. Literacy is 35%, 3 points above the block average of 33% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 13 km from Sahri, the nearest town, 11 km from Barharwa Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816129, served by Taljhari post office; the LGD village code is 358551. The nearest hospital or health centre is Prem Jyoti Community Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is DOROTHY MURMU, and the village votes in Barhait assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Soren. The population is estimated at 643 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Goradih
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 58
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DORAISANTALI
- Total area (ha)
- 95.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.61
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Goradih
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Goradih
- LGD code
- 358551
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 545
- Population (projected 2026)
- 643
- Households
- 119
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1019
- Literacy rate
- 35.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.88442°N, 87.66883°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhait
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DOROTHY MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Barhait
Getting there
How to reach Goradih
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi294 kmcapital
- Kolkata267 km
- Delhi1118 km
- Hyderabad1265 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarharwa Junction11 km
- Hospital / PHCPrem Jyoti Community Hospital4 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College46 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station35 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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