About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is a mid sized village in Bagodar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 607, made up of 333 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bagodar
Pincode	825324
Area (hectares)	161 hectares
Population	607
Male Population	333
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	823
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 Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is the 49th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents. Its 161 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Gamharia

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

Gamharia lies about 57 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Keshwari, 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 Gamharia
Tehsil headquarters	Bagodar	11 km
Nearest railway station	Keshwari	12 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	14 km
District headquarters	Giridih	57 km

Villages closest to Gamharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamharia village had a population of 607. That makes it the 49th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents.

Gamharia village has 333 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Gamharia is 825324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gamharia covers 161 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamharia falls under Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia is Keshwari, 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 Gamharia.

Gamharia is about 57 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamharia is in Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district. Bagodar is about 11 km away. Keshwari is about 12 km away. Barki Saria is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.