About Gara Santali Village

Gara Santali is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 103 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gara Santali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gara Santali village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	70 hectares
Population	199
Male Population	103
Female Population	96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gara Santali compares

By the 2011 count Gara Santali is the 112th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 1022.

Getting to Gara Santali

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

How far is Gara Santali from other places

Gara Santali lies about 19 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, about 13 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 Santali
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Taljhari	13 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	19 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	19 km

Villages closest to Gara Santali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gara Santali village had a population of 199. That makes it the 112th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Gara Santali village has 103 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gara Santali has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Gara Santali is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gara Santali covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gara Santali falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gara Santali is Taljhari, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gara Santali.

Gara Santali is about 19 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gara Santali is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 5.3 km away. Taljhari is about 13 km away. Sahibganj is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.