About Tarai Village

Tarai is a mid sized village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 836, made up of 449 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	278.2 hectares
Population	836
Male Population	449
Female Population	387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tarai compares

By the 2011 count Tarai is the 32nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 278.2 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 971.

Getting to Tarai

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

Tarai lies about 63 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 16 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 Tarai
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	11 km
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	16 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	26 km
District headquarters	Giridih	63 km

Villages closest to Tarai

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 Tarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarai village had a population of 836. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Tarai village has 449 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarai has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

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

Tarai covers 278.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tarai falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tarai is Nawadih, about 16 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 Tarai.

Tarai is about 63 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarai is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 11 km away. Nawadih is about 16 km away. Kodarma is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.