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About Gardih Village

Gardih is a mid sized village in Ichak tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 636, made up of 318 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 823.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gardih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gardih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Ichak
Pincode 825405
Area (hectares) 823.29 hectares
Population 636
Male Population 318
Female Population 318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Gardih compares

By the 2011 count Gardih is the 55th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents. Its 823.29 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Gardih

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

Gardih lies about 23 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Padma, about 13 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 Gardih
Tehsil headquarters Ichak 11 km
Nearest railway station Padma 13 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 23 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 23 km

Villages closest to Gardih

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

Common questions about Gardih

As per the Census of India 2011, Gardih village had a population of 636. That makes it the 55th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents.

Gardih village has 318 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gardih has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Gardih is 825405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gardih covers 823.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gardih falls under Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gardih is Padma, about 13 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 Gardih.

Gardih is about 23 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gardih is in Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Ichak is about 11 km away. Padma is about 13 km away. Hazaribagh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darighaghar (2.5 km), Puranpania (3.4 km) and Simratari (4.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gardih today is likely to be higher.

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