About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is a small village in Mayur Hand tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 321, made up of 165 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Mayur Hand
Pincode	825418
Area (hectares)	61 hectares
Population	321
Male Population	165
Female Population	156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is the 63rd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 569 residents. Its 61 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Gamharia

Gamharia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gamharia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gamharia from other places

Gamharia lies about 30 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Tankuppa, about 34 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 Gamharia
Nearest town	Sherghāti	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mayur Hand	30 km
District headquarters	Chatra	30 km
Nearest railway station	Tankuppa	34 km

Villages closest to Gamharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayur Hand 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 Gamharia

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamharia village had a population of 321. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 569 residents.

Gamharia village has 165 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Gamharia is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gamharia covers 61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamharia falls under Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia is Tankuppa, about 34 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 village for Gamharia.

Gamharia 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.

Gamharia is in Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 14 km away. Mayur Hand is about 30 km away. Chatra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.