About Garke Village

Garke is a small village in Jaridih tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 19 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230 hectares hectares.

Garke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garke village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Jaridih
Area (hectares)	230 hectares
Population	34
Male Population	19
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garke compares

By the 2011 count Garke is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,991 residents. Its 230 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 952.

Getting to Garke

Garke is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garke as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Garke from other places

Garke lies about 20 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Radhagaon, about 11 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 Garke
Nearest railway station	Radhagaon	11 km
Nearest town	Chas	20 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaridih	23 km

Villages closest to Garke

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garke village had a population of 34. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,991 residents.

Garke village has 19 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garke has about 789 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Garke covers 230 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garke falls under Jaridih tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garke is Radhagaon, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Garke.

Garke is about 20 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garke is in Jaridih tehsil of Bokaro district. Radhagaon is about 11 km away. Chas is about 20 km away. Bokaro is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.