About Gara Mara Village

Gara Mara is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 219 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gara Mara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gara Mara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	816106
Area (hectares)	67.65 hectares
Population	462
Male Population	219
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,110
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 Gara Mara compares

By the 2011 count Gara Mara is the 156th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 67.65 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Gara Mara

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

Gara Mara lies about 30 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 6.5 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 Gara Mara
Nearest railway station	Chatra	6.5 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	12 km
District headquarters	Pakur	30 km

Villages closest to Gara Mara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maheshpur 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 Gara Mara

As per the Census of India 2011, Gara Mara village had a population of 462. That makes it the 156th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Gara Mara village has 219 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gara Mara has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Gara Mara is 816106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gara Mara covers 67.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gara Mara falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gara Mara is Chatra, about 6.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gara Mara.

Gara Mara is about 30 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gara Mara is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Chatra is about 6.5 km away. Nalhāti is about 9.6 km away. Maheshpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.