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About Ganrke Village

Ganrke is a mid sized village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,614, made up of 795 males and 819 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 731 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganrke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganrke village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ramgarh
Tehsil Ramgarh
Pincode 829139
Area (hectares) 731 hectares
Population 1,614
Male Population 795
Female Population 819
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ganrke compares

By the 2011 count Ganrke is the 11th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,394 residents. Its 731 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Ganrke

Ganrke is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ganrke as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Ganrke from other places

Ganrke lies about 7.3 km from Rāmgarh, and the nearest railway station is Ramgarh, about 6.1 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 Ganrke
Nearest railway station Ramgarh 6.1 km
Nearest town Rāmgarh 7.3 km

Villages closest to Ganrke

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

Common questions about Ganrke

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganrke village had a population of 1,614. That makes it the 11th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,394 residents.

Ganrke village has 795 males and 819 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganrke has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Ganrke is 829139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganrke covers 731 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganrke falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ganrke is Ramgarh, about 6.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ganrke.

Ganrke is about 7.3 km from Rāmgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganrke is in Ramgarh tehsil of Ramgarh district. Ramgarh is about 6.1 km away. Rāmgarh is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Burha Khukra (2.3 km), Chetar (2.8 km) and Jatahadih Alias Gosa (3.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ganrke today is likely to be higher.

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