About Garia Village

Garia is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 62, made up of 37 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 676 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816129
Area (hectares)	46.71 hectares
Population	62
Male Population	37
Female Population	25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	676
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 Garia compares

By the 2011 count Garia is the 155th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 46.71 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 992.

Getting to Garia

Garia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garia 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 Garia from other places

Garia lies about 18 km from Sahibganj. 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 Garia
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	5.4 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	15 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	18 km

Villages closest to Garia

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 Garia

As per the Census of India 2011, Garia village had a population of 62. That makes it the 155th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Garia village has 37 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garia has about 676 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Garia is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garia covers 46.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garia falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Garia notes the nearest railway station 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 Garia.

Garia 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.

Garia is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 5.4 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 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.