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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Gosaidi is a village in Gobindpur mandal, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 1,723 across 290 households and a literacy rate of 81.3%, the highest in this group.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RESHAM KUMARI
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- LGD code
- 361739
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population
- 1,723
- Households
- 290
- Literacy rate
- 81.3%
- Sex ratio
- 883 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 439
- Distance to district centre
- 116 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 118 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 79 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 245 km
- Nearest railway station
- Haslang P.H. · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Arsha Hospital · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gosaidi compares
By population, Gosaidi ranks #37 of 220 villages in Gobindpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.3%
+24.7% vs mandal average
- Gosaidi
- 81.3%
- Gobindpur mandal
- 56.6%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
883
−50 vs mandal average
- Gosaidi
- 883
- Gobindpur mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Gosaidi
- 5.9
- Gobindpur mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gosaidi at a glance
Gosaidi is a village of 1,723 people in 290 households (Census 2011) in Gobindpur block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 37th-largest of 220 villages in Gobindpur block. Literacy is 81%, 25 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 883 women per 1,000 men. It lies 116 km from the Dhanbad district centre, 9 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 13 km from Haslang P.H. railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 828109, served by Govindpur (Dhanbad) post office; the LGD village code is 361739. The nearest hospital or health centre is Arsha Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is RESHAM KUMARI, and the village votes in Jamtara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Irfan Ansari. The population is estimated at 233 in 2026, down 86% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gosaidi
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 11
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHANBAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 5
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JIALGADA
- Total area (ha)
- 76
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 9.06
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gosaidi
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Key facts — Gosaidi
- LGD code
- 361739
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,723
- Population (projected 2026)
- 233
- Households
- 290
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 883
- Literacy rate
- 81.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.19495°N, 86.06603°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamtara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Irfan Ansari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RESHAM KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Gobindpur
Getting there
How to reach Gosaidi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi79 kmcapital
- Kolkata245 km
- Hyderabad1020 km
- Delhi1071 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHaslang P.H.13 km
- Hospital / PHCArsha Hospital17 km
- ATM / bankBank of India26 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump (Tata Route)33 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University34 km
- Police stationTraffic Police Chowki44 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
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