Google Map Of Giridih

District Code: NA
Official Website - http://giridih.nic.in/
Area (km²) - 4,854 km² (1,874 sq mi)
Population Density Of Giridih - 392 /km² (1,020 /sq mi)
Parliamentary constituency - Kodarma, Giridih
Assembly constituency - 6
Time zone Of Giridih - IST (UTC+5:30)
Elevation Of Giridih - 289 metres (948 ft)
Sex Ratio - 983
Division - North Chotanagpur division

Giridih is headquarters of the Giridih district of Jharkhand state, India. The literal meaning of Giridih is the land of hills & hillocks - giri, a Hindi word, means hills and dih, another word of the local dialect, indicates upland. Before 1972 Giridih was part of Hazaribagh district.

Giridih district was created on 6th December 1972 by carving some parts of Hazaribagh district. Giridih is bounded on the north by Jamui district and Nawada district of Bihar state, on the east by the districts of Deoghar| and Jamtara, on the south by Dhanbad and Bokaro, and on the west by Hazaribagh and Koderma districts.

The district has rich forest resources and have several jungles of sal trees and bamboos, and a variety of other indigenous trees. Parasnath hills have a number of plants having medicinal use. Leopards, bears, jackals, wild pigs, and hares are the wild animals found in certain parts of the district which have thick forests.