About Gargi Village

Gargi is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 150, made up of 52 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gargi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gargi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	13 hectares
Population	150
Male Population	52
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gargi compares

By the 2011 count Gargi is the 107th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 13 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Gargi

Gargi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gargi 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 Gargi from other places

Gargi lies about 70 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshpur, about 23 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 Gargi
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshpur	23 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	30 km
District headquarters	Giridih	70 km

Villages closest to Gargi

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 Gargi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gargi village had a population of 150. That makes it the 107th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Gargi village has 52 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gargi has about 1885 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

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

Gargi covers 13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gargi falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gargi is Maheshpur, about 23 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 Gargi.

Gargi is about 70 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gargi is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 9.8 km away. Maheshpur is about 23 km away. Kodarma is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.