About Garua Village

Garua is a large village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,998, made up of 2,076 males and 1,922 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 589.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	589.01 hectares
Population	3,998
Male Population	2,076
Female Population	1,922
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
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 Garua compares

By the 2011 count Garua is the 7th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 589.01 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Garua

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

Garua lies about 13 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 12 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 Garua
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	11 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	12 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	13 km

Villages closest to Garua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garua village had a population of 3,998. That makes it the 7th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Garua village has 2,076 males and 1,922 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garua has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Garua is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garua covers 589.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Garua falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garua is Meralgram, about 12 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 Garua.

Garua is about 13 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garua is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meral is about 11 km away. Meralgram is about 12 km away. Garhwa is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.