About Galalong Village

Galalong is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 156, made up of 91 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 714 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Galalong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Galalong village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Karra
Pincode	835209
Area (hectares)	64 hectares
Population	156
Male Population	91
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	714
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Galalong compares

By the 2011 count Galalong is the 162nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 64 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Galalong

Galalong is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Galalong as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Galalong from other places

Galalong lies about 22 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Lodhma, 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 Galalong
Nearest railway station	Lodhma	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karra	14 km
Nearest town	Ranchi	18 km
District headquarters	Khunti	22 km

Villages closest to Galalong

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Galalong village had a population of 156. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Galalong village has 91 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Galalong has about 714 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Galalong is 835209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Galalong covers 64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Galalong falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Galalong is Lodhma, about 4.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Galalong.

Galalong is about 22 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Galalong is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Lodhma is about 4.5 km away. Karra is about 14 km away. Ranchi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.