About Garrapahari Village

Garrapahari is a small village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 202 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garrapahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garrapahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ramgarh
Pincode	814141
Area (hectares)	161 hectares
Population	394
Male Population	202
Female Population	192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garrapahari compares

By the 2011 count Garrapahari is the 157th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 161 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Garrapahari

Garrapahari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garrapahari as Available within 5 - 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garrapahari from other places

Garrapahari lies about 46 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Tilbhita, about 32 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 Garrapahari
Tehsil headquarters	Ramgarh	30 km
Nearest town	Pakur	31 km
Nearest railway station	Tilbhita	32 km
District headquarters	Dumka	46 km

Villages closest to Garrapahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garrapahari village had a population of 394. That makes it the 157th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Garrapahari village has 202 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garrapahari has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Garrapahari is 814141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garrapahari covers 161 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garrapahari falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garrapahari is Tilbhita, about 32 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Garrapahari.

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

Garrapahari is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Ramgarh is about 30 km away. Pakur is about 31 km away. Tilbhita is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.