About Garu Kurha Village

Garu Kurha is a mid sized village in Padma tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,575, made up of 819 males and 756 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 345 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garu Kurha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garu Kurha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Padma
Pincode	825411
Area (hectares)	345 hectares
Population	1,575
Male Population	819
Female Population	756
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garu Kurha compares

By the 2011 count Garu Kurha is the 13th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 345 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Garu Kurha

Garu Kurha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garu Kurha as Available within 5 - 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 Garu Kurha from other places

Garu Kurha lies about 25 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Padma, about 4.5 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 Garu Kurha
Nearest railway station	Padma	4.5 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	25 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	25 km

Villages closest to Garu Kurha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Padma 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 Garu Kurha

As per the Census of India 2011, Garu Kurha village had a population of 1,575. That makes it the 13th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Garu Kurha village has 819 males and 756 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garu Kurha has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Garu Kurha is 825411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garu Kurha covers 345 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garu Kurha falls under Padma tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garu Kurha is Padma, about 4.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Garu Kurha.

Garu Kurha is about 25 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garu Kurha is in Padma tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Padma is about 4.5 km away. Hazaribagh is about 25 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.