About Gardih Village

Gardih is a small village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 415, made up of 211 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gardih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gardih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ramgarh
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	85 hectares
Population	415
Male Population	211
Female Population	204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
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 Gardih compares

By the 2011 count Gardih is the 136th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 85 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 Gardih

Gardih is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gardih 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gardih from other places

Gardih lies about 44 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Poreyahat, about 24 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 Gardih
Tehsil headquarters	Ramgarh	18 km
Nearest railway station	Poreyahat	24 km
Nearest town	Godda	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	44 km

Villages closest to Gardih

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 Gardih

As per the Census of India 2011, Gardih village had a population of 415. That makes it the 136th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Gardih village has 211 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gardih has about 967 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 Gardih is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gardih covers 85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gardih falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gardih is Poreyahat, about 24 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 10+ km distance for Gardih.

Gardih is about 44 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gardih is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Ramgarh is about 18 km away. Poreyahat is about 24 km away. Godda is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.