About Gadar Village

Gadar is a mid sized village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,944, made up of 939 males and 1,005 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	115.89 hectares
Population	1,944
Male Population	939
Female Population	1,005
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gadar compares

By the 2011 count Gadar is the 14th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 115.89 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Gadar

Gadar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gadar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gadar from other places

Gadar lies about 67 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 25 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 Gadar
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	25 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	33 km
District headquarters	Giridih	67 km

Villages closest to Gadar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadar village had a population of 1,944. That makes it the 14th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Gadar village has 939 males and 1,005 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadar has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Gadar is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gadar covers 115.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gadar falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gadar is Dhanwar, about 25 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 village for Gadar.

Gadar is about 67 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadar is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 5.1 km away. Dhanwar is about 25 km away. Kodarma is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.