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Garri

Peterwar mandal
Pincode 829121
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Garri is a small village in Peterwar mandal, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, with 740 residents in 169 households. It has a literacy rate of 40.8% and is positioned at coordinates 23.416°N, 86.050°E with PIN code 829121.

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GITA DEVI
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LGD code
362476
Pincode
829121
Post office
Peterbar
Population
740
Households
169
Literacy rate
40.8%
Sex ratio
984 ♀/1000♂
Workers
387
Distance to district centre
56 km
Distance to mandal centre
72 km
Distance to Ranchi
76 km
Distance to Kolkata
255 km
Nearest railway station
Kotshila Junction · 3 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Kotshila Rural Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Garri compares

By population, Garri ranks #48 of 61 villages in Peterwar mandal.

Literacy rate
%
40.8%
−11.0% vs mandal average
Garri
40.8%
Peterwar mandal
51.8%
Bokaro district
61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
984
+40 vs mandal average
Garri
984
Peterwar mandal
944
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.7 vs mandal average
Garri
4.4
Peterwar mandal
5.1

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Garri at a glance

Garri is a village of 740 people in 169 households (Census 2011) in Peterwar block, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, the 48th-largest of 61 villages in Peterwar block. Literacy is 41%, 11 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Bokaro district centre, 16 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 3 km from Kotshila Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 829121, served by Peterbar post office; the LGD village code is 362476. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kotshila Rural Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is GITA DEVI, and the village votes in Tundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mathura Prasad Mahato.

Gram panchayat: Chando

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Garri · this village74041%
Garri · Jhalda - II00 km N
Garri · Kasmar4,18458%0 km N
Garri · Ratu57469%0 km N
Garri · Bero42048%0 km N
Bingdaru · Jhalda - II58253%0.8 km SW
Ukma · Purbi Tundi*1,00854%1.2 km NW

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Garri

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
No
Well water
No
Hand pump
Yes
Tube well / borewell
No
Electricity for homes
Yes
Electricity for farms
No
Power hours (summer)
5
Power hours (winter)
8
Primary school
1
Middle school
0
Secondary school
0
Senior secondary
0
Degree college
0
Primary health centre
0
Health sub-centre
0
Community health centre
0
Dispensary
0
Veterinary hospital
0
Post office
No
Sub post office
No
Commercial bank
No
Cooperative bank
No
ATM
No
Public bus service
No
Private bus service
No
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
Yes
Anganwadi centre
Yes
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
Yes
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
PHUSRO
Distance to nearest town (km)
15
Distance to district HQ (km)
35
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
16
All-weather road
No
Gram panchayat (2011)
CHANHO
Total area (ha)
356.73
Irrigated area (ha)
4.46
Forest area (ha)
101.5

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Key facts — Garri

LGD code
362476
Pincode
829121
Post office
Peterbar
Population (Census 2011)
740
Population (projected 2026)
0
Households
169
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
984
Literacy rate
40.8%
Coordinates
23.41556°N, 86.05001°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Giridih
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Tundi
Member of Parliament
Chandra Prakash Choudhary
Member of Legislative Assembly
Mathura Prasad Mahato
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
GITA DEVI
Block / Mandal
Peterwar
Getting there

How to reach Garri

Mandal centre
Peterwar · ≈ 72 km
≈ 2 h 29 min by car · 2 h 57 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Bokaro · ≈ 56 km
≈ 1 h 55 min by car · 2 h 16 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 10,362 people
Ghatiali · ≈ 16 km
≈ 33 min by car · 39 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Ranchi76 kmcapital
  • Kolkata255 km
  • Hyderabad1034 km
  • Delhi1055 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationKotshila Junction3 km
  • Hospital / PHCKotshila Rural Hospital2 km
  • ATM / bankSBI ATM30 km
  • Petrol pumpIndian Oil27 km
  • CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University30 km
  • Police stationRajrappa Police Station43 km
Education · within 5 km

Schools & colleges near Garri

2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.

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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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