About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is a mid sized village in Jamua tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 753, made up of 375 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Jamua
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	140 hectares
Population	753
Male Population	375
Female Population	378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
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 Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is the 121st largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 140 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Gamharia

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

Gamharia lies about 109 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, 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 Gamharia
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jamua	20 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	31 km
District headquarters	Giridih	109 km

Villages closest to Gamharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamharia village had a population of 753. That makes it the 121st largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Gamharia village has 375 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

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

Gamharia covers 140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamharia falls under Jamua tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia is Kathautia, 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 10+ km distance for Gamharia.

Gamharia is about 109 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamharia is in Jamua tehsil of Giridih district. Kathautia is about 16 km away. Jamua is about 20 km away. Bagaha is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.