About Garjamu Village

Garjamu is a mid sized village in Barhi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,920, made up of 978 males and 942 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 448 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garjamu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garjamu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barhi
Pincode	825413
Area (hectares)	448 hectares
Population	1,920
Male Population	978
Female Population	942
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
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 Garjamu compares

By the 2011 count Garjamu is the 16th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 448 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Garjamu

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

Garjamu lies about 41 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Sarmatanr, about 8.8 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 Garjamu
Nearest railway station	Sarmatanr	8.8 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhi	18 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	41 km

Villages closest to Garjamu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garjamu village had a population of 1,920. That makes it the 16th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Garjamu village has 978 males and 942 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garjamu has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Garjamu is 825413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garjamu covers 448 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garjamu falls under Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garjamu is Sarmatanr, about 8.8 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 Garjamu.

Garjamu is about 41 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garjamu is in Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Sarmatanr is about 8.8 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 17 km away. Barhi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.