About Garmurgi Village

Garmurgi is a mid sized village in Bishungarh tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 655, made up of 342 males and 313 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garmurgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garmurgi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Bishungarh
Pincode	825312
Area (hectares)	202.55 hectares
Population	655
Male Population	342
Female Population	313
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
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 Garmurgi compares

By the 2011 count Garmurgi is the 55th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents. Its 202.55 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Garmurgi

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

Garmurgi lies about 42 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about 18 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 Garmurgi
Tehsil headquarters	Bishungarh	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	18 km
Nearest town	Gumia	20 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	42 km

Villages closest to Garmurgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garmurgi village had a population of 655. That makes it the 55th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents.

Garmurgi village has 342 males and 313 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garmurgi has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Garmurgi is 825312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garmurgi covers 202.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garmurgi falls under Bishungarh tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garmurgi is Dumri Bihar, about 18 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 Garmurgi.

Garmurgi is about 42 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garmurgi is in Bishungarh tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Bishungarh is about 5.5 km away. Dumri Bihar is about 18 km away. Gumia is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.