About Garkar Village

Garkar is a small village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 180 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177 hectares hectares.

Garkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garkar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Chanan
Area (hectares)	177 hectares
Population	328
Male Population	180
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Garkar compares

By the 2011 count Garkar is the 148th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 177 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Garkar

Garkar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Garkar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garkar from other places

Garkar lies about 133 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Garh Baruari, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Garkar
Nearest railway station	Garh Baruari	12 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanan	32 km
District headquarters	Banka	133 km

Villages closest to Garkar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanan tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Garkar

As per the Census of India 2011, Garkar village had a population of 328. That makes it the 148th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Garkar village has 180 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garkar has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Garkar covers 177 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garkar falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Garkar is Garh Baruari, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Garkar.

Garkar is about 133 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garkar is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Garh Baruari is about 12 km away. Bangaon is about 16 km away. Chanan is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.