About Gara Village

Gara is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 570, made up of 299 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Lapung
Pincode	835234
Area (hectares)	153.73 hectares
Population	570
Male Population	299
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gara compares

By the 2011 count Gara is the 49th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 153.73 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 1016.

Getting to Gara

Gara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gara as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gara from other places

Gara lies about 43 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, 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 Gara
Tehsil headquarters	Lapung	10 km
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	19 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	37 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	43 km

Villages closest to Gara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gara village had a population of 570. That makes it the 49th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Gara village has 299 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gara has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Gara is 835234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gara covers 153.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gara falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gara is Govindpur Road, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gara.

Gara is about 43 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gara is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Lapung is about 10 km away. Govindpur Road is about 19 km away. Lohārdagā is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.