About Garhi Sankh Village

Garhi Sankh is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 115 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 779 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Sankh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi Sankh village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	779 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	115
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
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 Garhi Sankh compares

By the 2011 count Garhi Sankh is the 87th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 779 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Garhi Sankh

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

Garhi Sankh lies about 75 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Baghi Bardiha, about 36 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 Garhi Sankh
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	14 km
Nearest railway station	Baghi Bardiha	36 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	39 km
District headquarters	Giridih	75 km

Villages closest to Garhi Sankh

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 Garhi Sankh

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi Sankh village had a population of 226. That makes it the 87th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Garhi Sankh village has 115 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi Sankh has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

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

Garhi Sankh covers 779 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garhi Sankh falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garhi Sankh is Baghi Bardiha, about 36 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 Garhi Sankh.

Garhi Sankh is about 75 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi Sankh is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 14 km away. Baghi Bardiha is about 36 km away. Jamūī is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.