About Ganrke Village

Ganrke is a mid sized village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,044, made up of 510 males and 534 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganrke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganrke village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Namkum
Pincode	834010
Area (hectares)	234.79 hectares
Population	1,044
Male Population	510
Female Population	534
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 40th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 234.79 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

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 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 35 km from Ranchi, 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
Tehsil headquarters	Namkum	32 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	35 km

Villages closest to Ganrke

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganrke village had a population of 1,044. That makes it the 40th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Ganrke village has 510 males and 534 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganrke has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Ganrke is 834010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganrke covers 234.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganrke falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ganrke.

Ganrke is about 35 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganrke is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Ramgarh is about 6.1 km away. Rāmgarh is about 7.3 km away. Namkum is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.