About Gariya Village

Gariya is a mid sized village in Bhandaria tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,219, made up of 608 males and 611 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1301.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gariya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Bhandaria
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	1301.42 hectares
Population	1,219
Male Population	608
Female Population	611
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
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 Gariya compares

By the 2011 count Gariya is the 20th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 887 residents. Its 1301.42 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Gariya

Gariya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gariya 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 Gariya from other places

Gariya lies about 53 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 42 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 Gariya
Tehsil headquarters	Bhandaria	11 km
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	42 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	52 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	53 km

Villages closest to Gariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gariya village had a population of 1,219. That makes it the 20th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 887 residents.

Gariya village has 608 males and 611 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gariya has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Gariya is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gariya covers 1301.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gariya falls under Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gariya is Barwadih Junction, about 42 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 Gariya.

Gariya is about 53 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gariya is in Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district. Bhandaria is about 11 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 42 km away. Medininagar is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.