About Gargaon Village

Gargaon is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,327, made up of 665 males and 662 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gargaon village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Potka
Pincode	831002
Area (hectares)	298.54 hectares
Population	1,327
Male Population	665
Female Population	662
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
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 Gargaon compares

By the 2011 count Gargaon is the 34th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 298.54 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Gargaon

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

Gargaon lies about 92 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Bakarkudi, about 19 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 Gargaon
Nearest railway station	Bakarkudi	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Potka	29 km
Nearest town	Būndu	30 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	92 km

Villages closest to Gargaon

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 Gargaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Gargaon village had a population of 1,327. That makes it the 34th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Gargaon village has 665 males and 662 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gargaon has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Gargaon is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gargaon covers 298.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gargaon is Bakarkudi, about 19 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 Gargaon.

Gargaon is about 92 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gargaon is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Bakarkudi is about 19 km away. Potka is about 29 km away. Būndu is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.