About Giru Village

Giru is a small village in Gudri tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 297, made up of 147 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giru village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Gudri
Pincode	833105
Area (hectares)	219.53 hectares
Population	297
Male Population	147
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Giru compares

By the 2011 count Giru is the 49th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 429 residents. Its 219.53 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 974.

Getting to Giru

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

Giru lies about 36 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Barabambo, about 24 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 Giru
Nearest railway station	Barabambo	24 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gudri	30 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	36 km

Villages closest to Giru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giru village had a population of 297. That makes it the 49th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 429 residents.

Giru village has 147 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giru has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Giru is 833105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giru covers 219.53 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.

Giru falls under Gudri tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Giru is Barabambo, about 24 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 village for Giru.

Giru is about 36 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giru is in Gudri tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Barabambo is about 24 km away. Chakradharpur is about 25 km away. Gudri is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.