About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 730, made up of 373 males and 357 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	249 hectares
Population	730
Male Population	373
Female Population	357
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
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 Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is the 39th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 249 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Gamharia

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

Gamharia lies about 8.2 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 11 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 Gamharia
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	8.2 km
District headquarters	Khunti	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	11 km

Villages closest to Gamharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamharia village had a population of 730. That makes it the 39th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Gamharia village has 373 males and 357 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Gamharia is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gamharia covers 249 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamharia falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia is Karra, about 11 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 Gamharia.

Gamharia is about 8.2 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamharia is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Erki is about 8.2 km away. Khunti is about 8.2 km away. Karra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.