About Gandkura Village

Gandkura is a mid sized village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,087, made up of 538 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 614 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandkura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandkura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Tisri
Pincode	815317
Area (hectares)	614 hectares
Population	1,087
Male Population	538
Female Population	549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandkura compares

By the 2011 count Gandkura is the 19th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 614 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Gandkura

Gandkura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gandkura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gandkura from other places

Gandkura lies about 54 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 17 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 Gandkura
Tehsil headquarters	Tisri	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	17 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	42 km
District headquarters	Giridih	54 km

Villages closest to Gandkura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandkura village had a population of 1,087. That makes it the 19th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Gandkura village has 538 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandkura has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Gandkura is 815317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandkura covers 614 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandkura falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gandkura is Dhanwar, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gandkura.

Gandkura is about 54 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandkura is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 7.5 km away. Dhanwar is about 17 km away. Kodarma is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.