About Garilaung Village

Garilaung is a large village in Tandwa tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,323, made up of 2,278 males and 2,045 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garilaung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garilaung village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Tandwa
Pincode	825321
Area (hectares)	241.54 hectares
Population	4,323
Male Population	2,278
Female Population	2,045
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garilaung compares

By the 2011 count Garilaung is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 241.54 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Garilaung

Garilaung is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garilaung as Available within village. 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 Garilaung from other places

Garilaung lies about 41 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 7.9 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 Garilaung
Tehsil headquarters	Tandwa	1.8 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	7.9 km
Nearest town	Churi	22 km
District headquarters	Chatra	41 km

Villages closest to Garilaung

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garilaung village had a population of 4,323. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Garilaung village has 2,278 males and 2,045 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garilaung has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Garilaung is 825321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garilaung covers 241.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Garilaung falls under Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garilaung is Shivpur, about 7.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Garilaung.

Garilaung is about 41 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garilaung is in Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district. Tandwa is about 1.8 km away. Shivpur is about 7.9 km away. Churi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.