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About Garamara Village

Garamara is a mid sized village in Khunti tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 633, made up of 300 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286 hectares hectares.

Garamara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garamara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Khunti
Area (hectares) 286 hectares
Population 633
Male Population 300
Female Population 333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,110
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garamara compares

By the 2011 count Garamara is the 47th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 286 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Garamara

Garamara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garamara 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 Garamara from other places

Garamara lies about 16 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Balasiring, about 26 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 Garamara
Tehsil headquarters Khunti 16 km
Nearest railway station Balasiring 26 km

Villages closest to Garamara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garamara village had a population of 633. That makes it the 47th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Garamara village has 300 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garamara has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Garamara covers 286 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garamara falls under Khunti tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garamara is Balasiring, about 26 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 Garamara.

Garamara is about 16 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garamara is in Khunti tehsil of Khunti district. Khunti is about 16 km away. Balasiring is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karetumbi (under 2 km), Pirihatu (under 2 km) and Chinchal (under 2 km).

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

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