About Gara Village

Gara is a small village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 68 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825403, 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	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825403
Area (hectares)	33.1 hectares
Population	131
Male Population	68
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
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 Gara compares

By the 2011 count Gara is the 189th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 33.1 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Gara

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

Gara lies about 23 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Ismailpur, about 53 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
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	23 km
District headquarters	Chatra	23 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	23 km
Nearest railway station	Ismailpur	53 km

Villages closest to Gara

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.

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Common questions about Gara

As per the Census of India 2011, Gara village had a population of 131. That makes it the 189th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Gara village has 68 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gara has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

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

Gara covers 33.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gara is Ismailpur, about 53 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 Gara.

Gara is about 23 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 Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 23 km away. Chatra is about 23 km away. Chatrā is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.