About Garganj Village

Garganj is a small village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 266, made up of 129 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garganj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garganj village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	154 hectares
Population	266
Male Population	129
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garganj compares

By the 2011 count Garganj is the 80th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 154 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Garganj

Garganj is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garganj 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garganj from other places

Garganj lies about 25 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 7.5 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 Garganj
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	7.5 km
District headquarters	Khunti	25 km

Villages closest to Garganj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garganj village had a population of 266. That makes it the 80th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Garganj village has 129 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garganj has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Garganj is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garganj covers 154 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.

Garganj falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garganj is Govindpur Road, about 7.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Garganj.

Garganj is about 25 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garganj is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 7.5 km away. Govindpur Road is about 7.5 km away. Khunti is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.