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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Godda}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Godda district
| settlement_type          = [[List of districts of Jharkhand|District]] of [[Jharkhand]]
| total_type               = Total
| image_skyline            = Manokamna pahad wide view lakhanpahari by priyam kashyap.jpg
| image_caption            = View of Manokamna Hill in [[Lakhanpahari]]
| image_map                = Godda in Jharkhand (India).svg
| map_caption              = Location of Godda district in Jharkhand
| coor_pinpoint            = Godda
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{flagicon image|Government banner of Jharkhand.png}} [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Santhal Pargana division|Santhal Pargana]]
| established_title        = Established
| established_date         = 
| seat_type                = Headquarters
| seat                     = [[Godda]]
| parts_type               = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style              = para
| p1                       = 
| area_total_km2           = 2110
| area_footnotes           = 
| population_as_of         = 2011
| population_total         = 1,313,551
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_urban         = 
| population_density_km2   = auto
| demographics_type1       = Demographics
| demographics1_title1     = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1      = 56.40 per cent
| demographics1_title2     = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2      = 933
| leader_title             = 
| leader_name              = 
| leader_title1            = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1             = [[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]] (shared with [[Deoghar district|Deoghar]] and [[Dumka district|Dumka]] districts)
| leader_title2            = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2             = 3
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| website                  = [http://godda.nic.in/ Official website]
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}}
'''Godda district''' is one of the twenty-four [[districts of Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]] in eastern [[India]]. It lies in the northeastern part of the state. The geographical area that now comprises Godda district used to be part of the erstwhile [[Santhal Parganas]] district. [[Godda]] town is the headquarters of Godda district. The area of the district is 2110&nbsp;km², with a population of around 1,313,551.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Godda district website|url=https://godda.nic.in/}}</ref>

==Economy==
Godda is mostly famous for the [[Rajmahal coalfield]] in [[Lalmatia Colliery|Lalmatia]]. It is an integral part of [[Jharkhand]] and is known for its hills and small forests. The mine present here is an integral part of ECL coalfields and is among the biggest in whole Asia.

Until the late 1980s Godda was full of forests and was a remote place far from science and technology and was living in a dark age as other districts of Jharkhand. The entire scenario changed after coal was first discovered in abundance under the Rajmahal Hills by a team of the [[Geological Survey of India]]. Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd. conducted a detailed survey of the area. The Rajmahal Opencast Coal mine project was conceived in early 1980s, initially to supply coal to Farakka Super Thermal Power Project of [[NTPC Limited|NTPC]], with an initial annual capacity of 5 million tonne. For expansion of this coal mine project to 10.5 million tonne per annum, an agreement was signed between Coal India Limited and Canadian Commercial Corporation in January 1989 where MET-CHEM Canada Inc. was designated as the Canadian Executing Agency for implementing the project. The Project was completed in July 1994 and is being run by Eastern Coalfileds Limited personnel. This mine is producing 11.5 million tonne coal per annum. This is being expanded further to 17 million tonne.

Two more opencast coal mine of Eastern Coalfields Limited are coming in Godda district, Chuperbhita opencast coal mine project (capacity - 4 million tonne) and Hurra 'C' opencast coal mine project (capacity - 3 million tonne).

The main economic activity of the people is [[agriculture]], and major crops are [[Rice|paddy]], [[wheat]] and [[maize]]. The district is with rail link of [[Godda railway station]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Godda district info|url=https://godda.nic.in/about-district/}}</ref> In 2006 the Indian government named Godda one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 21 districts in Jharkhand receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=September 8, 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2012 }}</ref>

==Politics== 
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== Administration ==

=== Blocks/Mandals ===
Godda district consists of 9 blocks. The following are the list of the blocks in Godda district:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Block and Anchal {{!}} Godda {{!}} India|url=https://godda.nic.in/tehsil/|access-date=2021-03-22|language=en-US}}</ref>

{{Columns-list|colwidth=18em|style=width:200px;| 	
#[[Boarijore]]
#[[Godda (community development block)|Godda]]
#[[Mahagama (community development block)|Mahagama]]
#[[Meharama]]
#[[Pathargama]]
#[[Poraiyahat]]
#[[Sunderpahari]]
#[[Thakurgangti]]
#[[Basantrai]].
}}

=== Villages & Panchayats ===
There are 201 panchayats  and 1634 villages in the district:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Village & Panchayats {{!}} Godda {{!}} India|url=https://godda.nic.in/village-panchayats/|access-date=2021-03-22|language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|'''''Blocks'''''
!'''''No. of Panchayats'''''
!No. of  Villages
|-
|Basantrai
|14
|82
|-
|Boarijor
|22
|296
|-
|Godda
|34
|196
|-
|Mahagama
|29
|140
|-
|Meherma
|23
|136
|-
|Pathargama
|19
|141
|-
|Poreyahat
|31
|194
|-
|Sundarpahari
|13
|208
|-
|Thakurgangti
|16
|141
|-
|''Total''
|''201''
|''1634''
|}

==Divisions==
There are three [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies in this district: [[Poreyahat Assembly constituency|Poreyahat]], [[Godda Assembly constituency|Godda]] and [[Mahagama Assembly constituency|Mahagama]]. All of these are part of [[Godda Lok Sabha constituency]].

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,48,128|13=1911|14=3,62,203|15=1921|16=3,46,047|17=1931|18=3,95,534|19=1941|20=4,31,077|21=1951|22=4,47,976|23=1961|24=4,96,653|25=1971|26=6,00,863|27=1981|28=7,13,405|29=1991|30=8,61,182|31=2001|32=10,47,939|33=2011|34=13,13,551|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Jharkhand |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/43353/download/47042/20%20A-2%20Jharkhand.pdf |website=census.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>|align=center}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Godda district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=Table C-01 Population By Religion - Jharkhand|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11377/download/14490/DDW20C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=census.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|71.34}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|22.02}}
{{bar percent|[[Sarnaism|Sarna]]|maroon|3.58}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Jharkhand|Christians]]|dodgerblue|2.88}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.18}}
}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Godda district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,313,551,<ref name=districtcensus>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Godda |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/536/download/1792/DH_2011_2006_PART_A_DCHB_GODDA.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Mauritius]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est. | archive-date = 2011-09-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> or the US state of [[New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 
 |title=2010 Resident Population Data 
 |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau 
 |access-date=2011-09-30 
 |quote=New Hampshire 1,316,470 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721072426/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 
 |archive-date=2011-07-21 
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 372nd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|622|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.14%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Godda has a [[sex ratio]] of 933 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 56.40%. 4.90% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 8.80% and 21.26% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Godda district (2011)<ref name="language"/>
|label1 = 'Other' Hindi |value1 = 47.68 |color1 = deeppink
|label2 = [[Santali language|Santali]] |value2 = 17.72 |color2 = darkturquoise
|label3 = [[Khortha language|Khortha]] |value3 = 10.60 |color3 = red
|label4 = [[Urdu]] |value4 = 8.40 |color4 = green
|label5 = [[Hindi]] |value5 = 3.47 |color5 = orange
|label6 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value6 = 2.84 |color6 = orchid
|label7 = [[Kurmali language|Kurmali]] |value7 = 2.83 |color7 = pink
|label8 = [[Malto language|Malto]] |value8 = 2.19 |color8 = mediumaquamarine
|label9 = Others |value9 = 4.27 |color9 = grey
}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 17.72% of the population spoke [[Santali language|Santali]], 10.6% [[Khortha language|Khortha]], 8.40% [[Urdu]], 3.47% [[Hindi]], 2.84% [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 2.83% [[Kurmali language|Kurmali]] and 2.19% [[Malto language|Malto]] as their first language. 'Others' under Hindi made up 47.68% of the population. The local dialect is [[Angika]].<ref name="language">{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10207/download/13319/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2000.XLSX|title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Jharkhand|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://godda.nic.in/ Official district government website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Godda district
|North     = 
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Sahebganj district]]
|Southeast = [[Pakur district]]
|South     = [[Dumka district]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Banka district]], [[Bihar]]
|Northwest = [[Bhagalpur district]], [[Bihar]]
}}

{{Districts of Jharkhand}}
{{Santhal Parganas Division}}
{{Santhal Pargana Division topics}}
{{Authority control}}

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