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About Garra Pahari Village

Garra Pahari is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 53, made up of 28 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garra Pahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garra Pahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Borio
Pincode 816109
Area (hectares) 95 hectares
Population 53
Male Population 28
Female Population 25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
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 Garra Pahari compares

By the 2011 count Garra Pahari is the 214th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 95 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Garra Pahari

Garra Pahari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garra Pahari 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 Garra Pahari from other places

Garra Pahari lies about 18 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 Garra Pahari
Tehsil headquarters Borio 5.8 km
Nearest railway station Taljhari 13 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 18 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 18 km

Villages closest to Garra Pahari

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.

Common questions about Garra Pahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Garra Pahari village had a population of 53. That makes it the 214th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Garra Pahari village has 28 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garra Pahari has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Garra Pahari is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garra Pahari covers 95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garra Pahari falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garra Pahari 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 Garra Pahari.

Garra Pahari is about 18 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garra Pahari is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 5.8 km away. Taljhari is about 13 km away. Sahibganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gara Santali (under 2 km), Majhauna (under 2 km) and Poal (under 2 km).

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

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