About Gara Kalan Village

Gara Kalan is a small village in Kandi tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 88, made up of 53 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 660 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gara Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gara Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Kandi
Pincode	822120
Area (hectares)	439.15 hectares
Population	88
Male Population	53
Female Population	35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	660
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 Gara Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gara Kalan is the 72nd largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents. Its 439.15 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Gara Kalan

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

Gara Kalan lies about 22 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Ramna, about 7.6 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 Gara Kalan
Nearest railway station	Ramna	7.6 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandi	23 km

Villages closest to Gara Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kandi 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 Gara Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gara Kalan village had a population of 88. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents.

Gara Kalan village has 53 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gara Kalan has about 660 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Gara Kalan is 822120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gara Kalan covers 439.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gara Kalan falls under Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gara Kalan is Ramna, about 7.6 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 Gara Kalan.

Gara Kalan is about 22 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gara Kalan is in Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district. Ramna is about 7.6 km away. Garhwa is about 22 km away. Kandi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.