About Galwanti Village

Galwanti is a mid sized village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,596, made up of 830 males and 766 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Galwanti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Galwanti village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825412
Area (hectares)	94.65 hectares
Population	1,596
Male Population	830
Female Population	766
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
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 Galwanti compares

By the 2011 count Galwanti is the 38th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 94.65 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Galwanti

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

Galwanti lies about 47 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 8.9 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 Galwanti
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	8.9 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	22 km
District headquarters	Giridih	47 km

Villages closest to Galwanti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Galwanti village had a population of 1,596. That makes it the 38th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Galwanti village has 830 males and 766 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Galwanti has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Galwanti is 825412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Galwanti covers 94.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Galwanti falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Galwanti is Dhanwar, about 8.9 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 Galwanti.

Galwanti is about 47 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Galwanti is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Dhanwar is about 8.9 km away. Barki Saria is about 22 km away. Giridih is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.