About Garai Village

Garai is a small village in Rania tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 388, made up of 189 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278 hectares hectares.

Garai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Rania
Area (hectares)	278 hectares
Population	388
Male Population	189
Female Population	199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
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 Garai compares

By the 2011 count Garai is the 38th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 601 residents. Its 278 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Garai

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

Garai lies about 38 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 8.4 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 Garai
Nearest railway station	Pakra	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rania	9.9 km
District headquarters	Khunti	38 km

Villages closest to Garai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garai village had a population of 388. That makes it the 38th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 601 residents.

Garai village has 189 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garai has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Garai covers 278 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garai falls under Rania tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garai is Pakra, about 8.4 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 Garai.

Garai is about 38 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garai is in Rania tehsil of Khunti district. Pakra is about 8.4 km away. Rania is about 9.9 km away. Khunti is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.