About Garang Village

Garang is a mid sized village in Deori tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,137, made up of 601 males and 536 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 605 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Deori
Pincode	815314
Area (hectares)	605 hectares
Population	1,137
Male Population	601
Female Population	536
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garang compares

By the 2011 count Garang is the 43rd largest of the 251 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 605 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 941.

Getting to Garang

Garang is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garang 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garang from other places

Garang lies about 131 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Namkon, about 2.4 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 Garang
Nearest railway station	Namkon	2.4 km
Nearest town	Ranchi	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Deori	22 km
District headquarters	Giridih	131 km

Villages closest to Garang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garang village had a population of 1,137. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 251 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Garang village has 601 males and 536 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garang has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Garang is 815314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garang covers 605 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garang falls under Deori tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garang is Namkon, about 2.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Garang.

Garang is about 131 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garang is in Deori tehsil of Giridih district. Namkon is about 2.4 km away. Ranchi is about 9.3 km away. Deori is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.