About Garo Village

Garo is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 290, made up of 162 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 790 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kunda
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	488 hectares
Population	290
Male Population	162
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	790
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garo compares

By the 2011 count Garo is the 41st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 488 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 947.

Getting to Garo

Garo is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garo as Available within 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 Garo from other places

Garo lies about 30 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 44 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 Garo
Tehsil headquarters	Kunda	10 km
District headquarters	Chatra	30 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	30 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	44 km

Villages closest to Garo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garo village had a population of 290. That makes it the 41st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Garo village has 162 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garo has about 790 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

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

Garo covers 488 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garo falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garo is Balumath, about 44 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 5 - 10 km distance for Garo.

Garo is about 30 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garo is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 10 km away. Chatra is about 30 km away. Chatrā is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.