About Lohargara Village

Lohargara is a large village in Ketar tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,019, made up of 1,069 males and 950 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lohargara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lohargara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ketar
Pincode	822120
Area (hectares)	234.8 hectares
Population	2,019
Male Population	1,069
Female Population	950
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lohargara compares

By the 2011 count Lohargara is the 9th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents. Its 234.8 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Lohargara

Lohargara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lohargara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Lohargara from other places

Lohargara lies about 39 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Muhammadganj, about 19 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 Lohargara
Tehsil headquarters	Ketar	15 km
Nearest railway station	Muhammadganj	19 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	31 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	39 km

Villages closest to Lohargara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lohargara village had a population of 2,019. That makes it the 9th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents.

Lohargara village has 1,069 males and 950 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lohargara has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

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

Lohargara covers 234.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Lohargara falls under Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lohargara is Muhammadganj, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Lohargara.

Lohargara is about 39 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lohargara is in Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district. Ketar is about 15 km away. Muhammadganj is about 19 km away. Husainābād is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.