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About Gamardiha Village

Gamardiha is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 362, made up of 191 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.79 hectares hectares.

Gamardiha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamardiha village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Devipur
Area (hectares) 95.79 hectares
Population 362
Male Population 191
Female Population 171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Gamardiha compares

By the 2011 count Gamardiha is the 108th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 95.79 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 945.

Getting to Gamardiha

Gamardiha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gamardiha 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gamardiha from other places

Gamardiha lies about 46 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Jamua, about 12 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 Gamardiha
Nearest railway station Jamua 12 km
Nearest town Giridih 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Devipur 31 km
District headquarters Deoghar 46 km

Villages closest to Gamardiha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamardiha village had a population of 362. That makes it the 108th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Gamardiha village has 191 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamardiha has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Gamardiha covers 95.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamardiha falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamardiha is Jamua, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gamardiha.

Gamardiha is about 46 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamardiha is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Jamua is about 12 km away. Giridih is about 19 km away. Devipur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mardandih (3.6 km), Majhiladih (3.9 km) and Baltharwa (5.3 km).

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

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