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About Garbha Village

Garbha is a mid sized village in Kargahar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,503, made up of 785 males and 718 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254 hectares hectares.

Garbha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garbha village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Kargahar
Area (hectares) 254 hectares
Population 1,503
Male Population 785
Female Population 718
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garbha compares

By the 2011 count Garbha is the 46th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 254 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Garbha

Garbha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garbha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garbha from other places

Garbha lies about 34 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Kosiara, about 38 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 Garbha
Tehsil headquarters Kargahar 34 km
District headquarters Rohtas 34 km
Nearest railway station Kosiara 38 km
Nearest town Bhabhua 43 km

Villages closest to Garbha

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

Common questions about Garbha

As per the Census of India 2011, Garbha village had a population of 1,503. That makes it the 46th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Garbha village has 785 males and 718 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garbha has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 914.

Garbha covers 254 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garbha falls under Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Garbha is Kosiara, about 38 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garbha.

Garbha is about 34 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garbha is in Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district. Kargahar is about 34 km away. Rohtas is about 34 km away. Kosiara is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parwalia (9.2 km), Basudhara (9.5 km) and Bhokhari (9.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Garbha today is likely to be higher.

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