About Gara Village

Gara is a small village in Pratappur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 82 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pratappur
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	198 hectares
Population	154
Male Population	82
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
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 Gara compares

By the 2011 count Gara is the 131st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 198 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 949.

Getting to Gara

Gara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gara 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 Gara from other places

Gara lies about 110 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 5.1 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 Gara
Nearest railway station	Garwa	5.1 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pratappur	28 km
District headquarters	Chatra	110 km

Villages closest to Gara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gara village had a population of 154. That makes it the 131st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Gara village has 82 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gara has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Gara is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gara covers 198 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gara falls under Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gara is Garwa, about 5.1 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 Gara.

Gara is about 110 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gara is in Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district. Garwa is about 5.1 km away. Garhwa is about 6.4 km away. Pratappur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.