About Garki Village

Garki is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 28 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,464 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garki village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816116
Area (hectares)	29.27 hectares
Population	69
Male Population	28
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,464
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 Garki compares

By the 2011 count Garki is the 150th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 29.27 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Garki

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

Garki lies about 38 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Bakudi, about 6.2 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 Garki
Nearest railway station	Bakudi	6.2 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	20 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	38 km

Villages closest to Garki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garki village had a population of 69. That makes it the 150th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Garki village has 28 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garki has about 1464 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Garki is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garki covers 29.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garki falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garki is Bakudi, about 6.2 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 Garki.

Garki is about 38 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garki is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Bakudi is about 6.2 km away. Rājmahal is about 19 km away. Taljhari is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.