About Bara Gargama Village

Bara Gargama is a mid sized village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 836, made up of 427 males and 409 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147 hectares hectares.

Bara Gargama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Gargama village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barharwa
Area (hectares)	147 hectares
Population	836
Male Population	427
Female Population	409
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Bara Gargama compares

By the 2011 count Bara Gargama is the 52nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 147 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 950.

Getting to Bara Gargama

Bara Gargama is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bara Gargama as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bara Gargama from other places

Bara Gargama lies about 47 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 2.4 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 Bara Gargama
Nearest railway station	Barharwa Junction	2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barharwa	2.5 km
Nearest town	Farakka	14 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	47 km

Villages closest to Bara Gargama

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barharwa 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 Bara Gargama

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Gargama village had a population of 836. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Bara Gargama village has 427 males and 409 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Gargama has about 958 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 950.

Bara Gargama covers 147 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Gargama falls under Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara Gargama is Barharwa Junction, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available for Bara Gargama.

Bara Gargama is about 47 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Gargama is in Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Barharwa Junction is about 2.4 km away. Barharwa is about 2.5 km away. Farakka is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.