About Gargara Village

Gargara is a small village in Mayureswar II tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 131 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gargara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gargara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Mayureswar II
Pincode	731234
Area (hectares)	64.1 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	131
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gargara compares

By the 2011 count Gargara is the 109th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 64.1 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Gargara

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

How far is Gargara from other places

Gargara lies about 15 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pinargaria, about 8.2 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 Gargara
Nearest railway station	Pinargaria	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mayureswar II	15 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	15 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	17 km

Villages closest to Gargara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayureswar II 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 Gargara

As per the Census of India 2011, Gargara village had a population of 246. That makes it the 109th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Gargara village has 131 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gargara has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Gargara is 731234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gargara covers 64.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gargara falls under Mayureswar II tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gargara is Pinargaria, about 8.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gargara.

Gargara is about 15 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gargara is in Mayureswar II tehsil of Birbhum district. Pinargaria is about 8.2 km away. Mayureswar II is about 15 km away. Birbhum is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.