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About Garanga Village

Garanga is a small village in Deori tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 97, made up of 48 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garanga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Deori
Pincode 815314
Area (hectares) 43 hectares
Population 97
Male Population 48
Female Population 49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garanga compares

By the 2011 count Garanga is the 225th largest of the 251 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 43 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Garanga

Garanga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garanga 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garanga from other places

Garanga 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 Garanga
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 Garanga

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.

Common questions about Garanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Garanga village had a population of 97. That makes it the 225th largest of the 251 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Garanga village has 48 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garanga has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

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

Garanga covers 43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garanga falls under Deori tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garanga is Namkon, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Garanga.

Garanga 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.

Garanga 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.

The closest recorded villages are Aragao (under 2 km), Arwara (under 2 km) and Bijhara (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Garanga today is likely to be higher.

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