About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is a mid sized village in Hat Gamharia tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,721, made up of 895 males and 826 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 506.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Hat Gamharia
Pincode	833214
Area (hectares)	506.73 hectares
Population	1,721
Male Population	895
Female Population	826
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is the 14th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,252 residents. Its 506.73 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Gamharia

Gamharia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gamharia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gamharia from other places

Gamharia lies about 14 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Barabambo, about 5.8 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 Gamharia
Nearest railway station	Barabambo	5.8 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hat Gamharia	14 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	14 km

Villages closest to Gamharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamharia village had a population of 1,721. That makes it the 14th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,252 residents.

Gamharia village has 895 males and 826 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Gamharia is 833214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gamharia covers 506.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamharia falls under Hat Gamharia tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia is Barabambo, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gamharia.

Gamharia is about 14 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamharia is in Hat Gamharia tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Barabambo is about 5.8 km away. Chāībāsa is about 13 km away. Hat Gamharia is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.