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About Garbandh Village

Garbandh is one of the larger villages in Nagaruntari tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,154, made up of 3,198 males and 2,956 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1989 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garbandh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garbandh village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Nagaruntari
Pincode 822121
Area (hectares) 1989 hectares
Population 6,154
Male Population 3,198
Female Population 2,956
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garbandh compares

By the 2011 count Garbandh is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents. Its 1989 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Garbandh

Garbandh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garbandh as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garbandh from other places

Garbandh lies about 39 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Nagar Untari, about 7.4 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 Garbandh
Tehsil headquarters Nagaruntari 7.0 km
Nearest railway station Nagar Untari 7.4 km
District headquarters Garhwa 39 km

Villages closest to Garbandh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garbandh village had a population of 6,154. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents.

Garbandh village has 3,198 males and 2,956 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garbandh has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Garbandh is 822121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garbandh covers 1989 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garbandh falls under Nagaruntari tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garbandh is Nagar Untari, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garbandh.

Garbandh 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.

Garbandh is in Nagaruntari tehsil of Garhwa district. Nagaruntari is about 7.0 km away. Nagar Untari is about 7.4 km away. Garhwa is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghaghra (3.3 km), Alkar (4.4 km) and Kumbh Khurd (4.7 km).

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

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