Giridih district

Giridih district
Giridih district
District of Jharkhand
	Shikharji on Parasnath Hills
	Location of Giridih district in Jharkhand
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
Division	North Chotanagpur
Headquarters	Giridih
Government
• District Commissioner	Mr. Naman Priyesh Lakra
• Lok Sabha constituencies	1. Kodarma, 2. Giridih
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	6
Area
• Total	4,962 km2 (1,916 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,445,474
• Urban	06.41
Demographics
• Literacy	63.14 per cent
• Sex ratio	940
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	giridih.nic.in

Giridih district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Giridih is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Jharkhand (out of 24), after Ranchi and Dhanbad.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c "District Census Handbook: Giridih" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
^ "District-specific Literates and Literacy Rates, 2001". Registrar General, India, Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 2010-10-10.

[districtcensus-1] "District Census Handbook: Giridih" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

[2] "District-specific Literates and Literacy Rates, 2001". Registrar General, India, Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 2010-10-10.

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