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About Garhkedli Village

Garhkedli is a small village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 116 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhkedli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhkedli village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode 825403
Area (hectares) 37 hectares
Population 217
Male Population 116
Female Population 101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhkedli compares

By the 2011 count Garhkedli is the 168th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 37 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Garhkedli

Garhkedli is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Garhkedli as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Garhkedli from other places

Garhkedli lies about 26 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Paraiya, about 42 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 Garhkedli
Nearest town Sherghāti 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 26 km
District headquarters Chatra 26 km
Nearest railway station Paraiya 42 km

Villages closest to Garhkedli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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.

Common questions about Garhkedli

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhkedli village had a population of 217. That makes it the 168th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Garhkedli village has 116 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhkedli has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Garhkedli is 825403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhkedli covers 37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhkedli falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garhkedli is Paraiya, about 42 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Garhkedli.

Garhkedli is about 26 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhkedli is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 14 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 26 km away. Chatra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kedli Kalan (under 2 km), Bihari (under 2 km) and Kedli Khurd (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Garhkedli today is likely to be higher.

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