About Peska Village

Peska is a large village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,082, made up of 1,636 males and 1,446 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 455.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Peska Overview

Census 2011 figures for Peska village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	455.8 hectares
Population	3,082
Male Population	1,636
Female Population	1,446
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
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 Peska compares

By the 2011 count Peska is the 12th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 455.8 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Peska

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

Peska lies about 10 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 11 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 Peska
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	10 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	10 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	11 km

Villages closest to Peska

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 Peska

As per the Census of India 2011, Peska village had a population of 3,082. That makes it the 12th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Peska village has 1,636 males and 1,446 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Peska has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

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

Peska covers 455.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Peska falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Peska is Meralgram, about 11 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 Peska.

Peska is about 10 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Peska is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meral is about 10 km away. Garhwa is about 10 km away. Meralgram is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.