About Gamtaria Village

Gamtaria is a mid sized village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,399, made up of 742 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamtaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamtaria village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815316
Area (hectares)	382 hectares
Population	1,399
Male Population	742
Female Population	657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
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 Gamtaria compares

By the 2011 count Gamtaria is the 18th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 382 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 943.

Getting to Gamtaria

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

Gamtaria lies about 12 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is New Giridih, about 8.1 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 Gamtaria
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	New Giridih	8.1 km
District headquarters	Giridih	12 km

Villages closest to Gamtaria

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 Gamtaria

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamtaria village had a population of 1,399. That makes it the 18th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Gamtaria village has 742 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamtaria has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Gamtaria is 815316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gamtaria covers 382 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamtaria falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamtaria is New Giridih, about 8.1 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 Gamtaria.

Gamtaria is about 12 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamtaria is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 5.9 km away. New Giridih is about 8.1 km away. Giridih is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.