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Roads :  The district is well served by a network of good roads, Besides,  the

Grand Trunk  Road   there  are a  number of State  Highway and REO roads connecting 

one place of the district  with  otherplaces within and outside the district.

All the block  headquarters of the district are connected with district headquarters 

by  metalled  roads. The following  are  the  important  State Highways.

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   Name of Road           Length in Kms

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1. Giridih - Dumri                  45

2. Girrdih-Madhupur                 50

3. Girdih-Jamua                     35

4. Giridih- Gobindpur  via Tundi    52

5. Girdih-Jamua Sarawan             49

6. Pirtand-Parasnath Hill            6

7. Dhanwar - Saria                  35

9. Dumri- Bermo                     50

10.Giridih-Tundi(Dhanbad)           26
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Railways  :   The district headquarters of Giridih is  connected  by  Madhupur

Giridih  branch of Eastern Railway. Only Mahesmunda and Giridih   stations on the route

fall with the district.Another  important railway Station is Parasnath railway  station 

some 48 kms from district headquater on Howrah-Delhi grand chord line.A new railway line

project is going to be commissioned from Giridih-Kodarma via Jamua.

Airways  :  There  is  a landing airstrip popularly known as Boro aerodrom  at  

the  district headquarters of Girdih.

Riverways : All the rivers in the district are shallow.  Mostly they dry up in

summer.   For  these  reasons,  there is not much  of  river  traffic  in  the district.