Galudih is a village in the
Ghatshila CD block in the
Ghatshila subdivision
Ghatshila subdivision is an Administrative divisions of India, administrative subdivision of the East Singhbhum district in the Kolhan division in the state of Jharkhand, India.
Administration
The district East Singhbhum consists of two subd ...
of the
East Singhbhum district,
Jharkhand
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,
India
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.
Civic administration
There is a police station at Galudih.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India, Galudi had a total population of 311, of which 163 (52%) were males and 148 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 46. The total number of literate persons in Galudi was 158 (59.62% of the population over 6 years).
Geography
Location
Galudih is located at .
Galudih Barrage
The Galudih barrage across the
Subarnarekha is a part of the Subarnarekha Multipurpose Project, which is a joint venture of the states of Bihar (later Jharkhand), West Bengal and Odisha. The barrage diverts water into canals on both sides of the river.
Chandil Dam is also a part of this project.
Burudi Lake is about 4 km away.
Area overview
The area shown in the map "forms a part of the
Chota Nagpur Plateau
The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...
and is a hilly upland tract". The main rivers draining the district are the
Subarnarekha and the
Kharkai. The area lying between Jamshedpur and Ghatshila is the main industrial mining zone. The rest of the district is primarily agricultural. In the district, as of 2011, 56.9% of the population lives in the rural areas and a high 43.1% lives in the urban areas.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Transport
Galudih railway station is on the
Kharagpur-Tatanagar line.
References
Villages in East Singhbhum district
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