About Gahirjor Village

Gahirjor is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 228, made up of 106 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,151 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gahirjor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahirjor village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	141 hectares
Population	228
Male Population	106
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,151
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 Gahirjor compares

By the 2011 count Gahirjor is the 168th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 141 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Gahirjor

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

Gahirjor lies about 15 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 7.8 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 Gahirjor
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	2.2 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	7.8 km
District headquarters	Giridih	15 km

Villages closest to Gahirjor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahirjor village had a population of 228. That makes it the 168th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Gahirjor village has 106 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahirjor has about 1151 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Gahirjor is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gahirjor covers 141 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gahirjor falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gahirjor is Maheshmunda Junction, about 7.8 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 Gahirjor.

Gahirjor is about 15 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahirjor is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 2.2 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 7.8 km away. Giridih is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.