About Garga Village

Garga is a mid sized village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,586, made up of 777 males and 809 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 472 hectares hectares.

Garga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares)	472 hectares
Population	1,586
Male Population	777
Female Population	809
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garga compares

By the 2011 count Garga is the 56th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 472 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Garga

Garga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garga 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 within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Fatepur, Gabhla, Gagna and Ganakberia. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Garga

As per the Census of India 2011, Garga village had a population of 1,586. That makes it the 56th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Garga village has 777 males and 809 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garga has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Garga covers 472 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garga falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Garga notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Garga.

Garga is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.