About Adar Village

Adar is a large village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,178, made up of 1,098 males and 1,080 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 687.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Adar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	687.67 hectares
Population	2,178
Male Population	1,098
Female Population	1,080
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Adar compares

By the 2011 count Adar is the 7th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 687.67 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Adar

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

Adar lies about 30 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 29 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 Adar
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	9.8 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	26 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	29 km
District headquarters	Gumla	30 km

Villages closest to Adar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Adar village had a population of 2,178. That makes it the 7th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Adar village has 1,098 males and 1,080 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adar has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Adar is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Adar covers 687.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Adar falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Adar is Lohardaga, about 29 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 Adar.

Adar is about 30 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adar is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 9.8 km away. Lohārdagā is about 26 km away. Lohardaga is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.