The district has two broad physical divisions – the southern part is a coal mining area with mining and industrial towns, and the northern part has villages scattered around hills.
The landscape of the southern part is undulating and monotonous, with some scars of subsidence caused by underground mining.
The Dhangi Hills (highest peak 385.57 m) run from Pradhan Khunta to Gobindpur.
[3]As of 2016[update], Dhanbad was not identified as a focus area by the state police to check Maoist activities.
[11] As per the 2011 Census of India Gobindpur CD Block had a total population of 245,697, of which 220,184 were rural and 25,313 were urban.
[13] Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Govindpur CD Block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Murgabani (4,174) and Parasi (4,186).
[18][19][20] In the 2011 census, Hindi was the mother-tongue (languages mentioned under Schedule 8 of the Constitution of India) of 62.5% of the population in Dhanbad district, followed by Bengali (19.3%) and Urdu (8.1%).
It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers and entertainment artistes.
[24] Jharia coalfield is the richest treasure house of metallurgical coal in India.
The following collieries function under the Govindpur Area of BCCL: Kharkhari, Maheshpur, Jogidih, Kooridih, Gobindpur, S/Govindpur, Teturiya and Akash Kinaree.
[26] The Govindpur Area was formed with thirty-one collieries taken over from the private sector.
It produces hard coke, colour oxide and mining-based chemical products.
[9] Dhanbad district has infertile laterite soil, having a general tendency towards continuous deterioration.
The soils for rice cultivation fall into three categories – baad, kanali and bahal.
The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development.
[33] In 2013, Govindpur CD Block had 1 block primary health centre, 4 primary health centres and 3 private nursing homes with total 30 beds and 12 doctors (excluding private bodies).