About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 262, made up of 113 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,319 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	142.25 hectares
Population	262
Male Population	113
Female Population	149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,319
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is the 64th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 142.25 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Gamharia

Gamharia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gamharia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gamharia from other places

Gamharia lies about 60 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Tilbhita, about 16 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 Gamharia
Nearest town	Pakur	15 km
Nearest railway station	Tilbhita	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	31 km
District headquarters	Dumka	60 km

Villages closest to Gamharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamharia village had a population of 262. That makes it the 64th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Gamharia village has 113 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 1319 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Gamharia is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gamharia covers 142.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gamharia falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia is Tilbhita, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Gamharia is about 60 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamharia is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Pakur is about 15 km away. Tilbhita is about 16 km away. Gopikandar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.