About Gamarkocha Village

Gamarkocha is a small village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 233, made up of 124 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 790 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamarkocha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamarkocha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Potka
Pincode	832102
Area (hectares)	790 hectares
Population	233
Male Population	124
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
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 Gamarkocha compares

By the 2011 count Gamarkocha is the 207th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 790 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Gamarkocha

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

Gamarkocha lies about 82 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 2.8 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 Gamarkocha
Nearest railway station	Rajkharsawan Junction	2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Potka	8.2 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	17 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	82 km

Villages closest to Gamarkocha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamarkocha village had a population of 233. That makes it the 207th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Gamarkocha village has 124 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamarkocha has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Gamarkocha is 832102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gamarkocha covers 790 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gamarkocha falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamarkocha is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 2.8 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 Gamarkocha.

Gamarkocha is about 82 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamarkocha is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 2.8 km away. Potka is about 8.2 km away. Chakradharpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.