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About Tetka Kalan Village

Tetka Kalan is a small village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 101 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tetka Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tetka Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Meral
Pincode 822114
Area (hectares) 259.18 hectares
Population 196
Male Population 101
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
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 Tetka Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Tetka Kalan is the 66th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 259.18 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Tetka Kalan

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

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

Villages closest to Tetka Kalan

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.

Common questions about Tetka Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Tetka Kalan village had a population of 196. That makes it the 66th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Tetka Kalan village has 101 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tetka Kalan has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

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

Tetka Kalan covers 259.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tetka Kalan falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tetka Kalan is Meralgram, about 13 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 Tetka Kalan.

Tetka Kalan 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.

Tetka Kalan is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meral is about 12 km away. Meralgram is about 13 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.

The closest recorded villages are Tetka Khurd (under 2 km), Baghesar (under 2 km) and Pendli (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Tetka Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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