[3] One of the largest rivers of Buryatia originates in the extreme west of the Khangarul ridge, 3 km east of the Russian-Mongolian border.

[4] The first third of the current Dzhida runs in a narrow gorge from northwest to southeast along the mountain taiga in the west of the Zakamensky district.

In the lower reaches, above the station of Dzhida, the riverbed crosses the southern line of the East Siberian Railway Ulan-Ude-Naushki.

For 150 km along the left, northern, bank of the river between the villages Oyor and Dutulur passes the regional road P440 Gusinoozersk - Zakamensk (Dzhidinskiy trakt).

Settlements on the banks of the Dzhida and its valley (from the source to the mouth): Engorgoy, Nurt, Zakamensk, Khuzhir, Dutulur, Tsakir, Khamnei, Usanovka, Ust-Burgaltay, Mikhailovka, Ulekchin, Kharatsai, Naryn, Khuldat, Shartykey, Oyor, Old Ukyrchelon, Tohoy, Zheltura, Tangrek, Mill, Bayan, Bulyk, Petropavlovka, Tasarhai, Botsiy, Upper Yonhor, Nyugui, Yonhor, Dyrestuy, Dzhida.