About Anhar Village

Anhar is a mid sized village in Ranka tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 298 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 588 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ranka
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	588 hectares
Population	559
Male Population	298
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
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 Anhar compares

By the 2011 count Anhar is the 50th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents. Its 588 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Anhar

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

Anhar lies about 40 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 39 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 Anhar
Tehsil headquarters	Ranka	25 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	39 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	40 km

Villages closest to Anhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anhar village had a population of 559. That makes it the 50th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents.

Anhar village has 298 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anhar has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Anhar is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anhar covers 588 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anhar falls under Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Anhar is Meralgram, about 39 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 Anhar.

Anhar is about 40 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anhar is in Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district. Ranka is about 25 km away. Meralgram is about 39 km away. Garhwa is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.