About Gilkarhia Village

Gilkarhia is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 188, made up of 104 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 808 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gilkarhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gilkarhia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	43 hectares
Population	188
Male Population	104
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	808
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 Gilkarhia compares

By the 2011 count Gilkarhia is the 285th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 43 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 988.

Getting to Gilkarhia

Gilkarhia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gilkarhia 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 Garhitar, Garia, Ghartopi and Ghormara. 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 Gilkarhia

As per the Census of India 2011, Gilkarhia village had a population of 188. That makes it the 285th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Gilkarhia village has 104 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gilkarhia has about 808 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Gilkarhia is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gilkarhia covers 43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gilkarhia falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Gilkarhia 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 Gilkarhia.

Gilkarhia is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka 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.