About Garhe Village

Garhe is a mid sized village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 607, made up of 322 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 770.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhe village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	770.11 hectares
Population	607
Male Population	322
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
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 Garhe compares

By the 2011 count Garhe is the 33rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 770.11 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 970.

Getting to Garhe

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

Garhe lies about 34 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 32 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 Garhe
Nearest railway station	Balumath	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	34 km
District headquarters	Chatra	34 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	34 km

Villages closest to Garhe

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhe village had a population of 607. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Garhe village has 322 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhe has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

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

Garhe covers 770.11 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.

Garhe falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garhe is Balumath, about 32 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 Garhe.

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

Garhe is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Balumath is about 32 km away. Lawalaung is about 34 km away. Chatra is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.