Ghorabandha is a census town in the Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
With its recognition as an industrial town as early as the 1911 census, Jamshedpur was set on the road to steady population growth, as large number of emigrants flocked in for work opportunities.
However, in more recent years, Jamshedpur UA “has lacked the growth and development observed around other similar industrial towns in western and southern India.”[1] Note: The map alongside presents the Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration.
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Purbi Singhbhum, Ghorabandha covered an area of 3.23 km2 (1.25 sq mi).
Among the civic amenities, it had 16 km (9.9 mi) of roads with both closed and open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, tube well/ bore well, overhead tank.