About Garri Kalan Village

Garri Kalan is one of the larger villages in Keredari tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,746, made up of 2,959 males and 2,787 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825611, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garri Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garri Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Keredari
Pincode	825611
Area (hectares)	238 hectares
Population	5,746
Male Population	2,959
Female Population	2,787
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garri Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Garri Kalan is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents. Its 238 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Garri Kalan

Garri Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garri Kalan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garri Kalan from other places

Garri Kalan lies about 24 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Bes, 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 Garri Kalan
Nearest railway station	Bes	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Keredari	24 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	24 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	24 km

Villages closest to Garri Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Keredari 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 Garri Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Garri Kalan village had a population of 5,746. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents.

Garri Kalan village has 2,959 males and 2,787 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garri Kalan has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Garri Kalan is 825611. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garri Kalan covers 238 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Garri Kalan falls under Keredari tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garri Kalan is Bes, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Garri Kalan.

Garri Kalan is about 24 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garri Kalan is in Keredari tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Bes is about 17 km away. Keredari is about 24 km away. Hazaribagh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.