Boarijore is located 43 km (26.7 mi) from Godda, the district headquarters.
Godda district is a plateau region with undulating uplands, long ridges and depressions.
[1] The Rajmahal hills cover most of the Boarijore and Sunderpahari CD blocks in Godda district.
[8] According to the 2011 Census of India, Boarijore CD block had a total population of 138,330, all of it rural.
[9] According to the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Boarijor CD block was 51,609 (45.68% of the population over 6 years) out of which 32,949 (64%) were males and 18,660 (36%) were females.
[11] According to the District Census Handbook, Godda, 2011 census, Hindus numbered 937,126 and formed 71.34% of the population of Godda district, followed by Muslims 289.182 (22.02%), Christians 37,795 (3.88%), other religions 47,407 (3.61%), religion not stated 2,041 (0.16%).
It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers and entertainment artistes.
A major coal mining project of Eastern Coalfields Limited (Rajmahal open cast project, a part of Rajmahal coalfield) is going on in Boarijore, Mahagama and Sunderpahari CD blocks.
[2] The Rajmahal Opencast project came up in the early 1980s with an annual cpapcity of 5 million tonnes.
[19] With the involvement of the Essel Mining and Industries Limited (EMIL) in the Rajmahal Opencast project, supplies to the 2,340 MW Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station and the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station of NTPC were expected to improve.
[20] In the Boarijore CD block, major activity is going on near Lalmatia village.
Around 80% of the population depends on agriculture, the main economic activity of the district but lack of irrigation facilities is a major constraint in raising the existing low levels of productivity.
The fund created by the Government of India is designed to redress regional imbalances in development.