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About Gari Village

Gari is a mid sized village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 595, made up of 323 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.9 hectares hectares.

Gari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Area (hectares) 350.9 hectares
Population 595
Male Population 323
Female Population 272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gari compares

By the 2011 count Gari is the 64th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 350.9 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Gari

The census records public bus service for Gari as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gari from other places

Gari lies about 31 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 4.2 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 Gari
Nearest railway station Bakaspur 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Karra 20 km
District headquarters Khunti 31 km

Villages closest to Gari

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.

Common questions about Gari

As per the Census of India 2011, Gari village had a population of 595. That makes it the 64th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Gari village has 323 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gari has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Gari covers 350.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gari falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gari is Bakaspur, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gari.

Gari is about 31 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gari is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Bakaspur is about 4.2 km away. Karra is about 20 km away. Khunti is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagra (under 2 km), Hochor (under 2 km) and Chhotka Regre (under 2 km).

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

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