About Girnia Village

Girnia is a mid sized village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 737, made up of 388 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girnia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girnia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	163 hectares
Population	737
Male Population	388
Female Population	349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
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 Girnia compares

By the 2011 count Girnia is the 76th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 163 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 945.

Getting to Girnia

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

Girnia lies about 15 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 10 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 Girnia
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	2.6 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	10 km
District headquarters	Giridih	15 km

Villages closest to Girnia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Girnia village had a population of 737. That makes it the 76th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Girnia village has 388 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girnia has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

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

Girnia covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Girnia falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Girnia is Maheshmunda Junction, about 10 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 Girnia.

Girnia 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.

Girnia is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 2.6 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 10 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.