About Garudhab Village

Garudhab is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 142 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garudhab Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garudhab village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	67 hectares
Population	279
Male Population	142
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garudhab compares

By the 2011 count Garudhab is the 68th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 67 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Garudhab

Garudhab is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garudhab as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Garudhab from other places

Garudhab lies about 25 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 2.1 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 Garudhab
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	5.8 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	11 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	25 km

Villages closest to Garudhab

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 Garudhab

As per the Census of India 2011, Garudhab village had a population of 279. That makes it the 68th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Garudhab village has 142 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garudhab has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

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

Garudhab covers 67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garudhab falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garudhab is Kalian Chak, about 2.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Garudhab.

Garudhab is about 25 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garudhab is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Kalian Chak is about 2.1 km away. Taljhari is about 5.8 km away. Rājmahal is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.