Garhwa
Garhwa is a town in Jharkhand state of India and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also one of the districts of Jharkhand.
As on April 2024, the current population of Garhwa is 55.9 thousands out of which 29.5 thousands are males and rest 26.4 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 892 females per 1000 males. There are around 6.7 thousands teenagers in Garhwa. It has literacy rate of 69% which means around 38.4 thousands persons can read and write. Total 7 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 1.5 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 10.5 thousands households in Garhwa, which means every family has 5 members on average. The town has working population of 15.5 thousands.
Schools
Garhwa has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Shankar Pratap Deo Inter Collage
- Rk Plus 2 High School Kandi
- Govt Upgrade +2 High School Lawahikalan
- R.K. Public School Sonpurwa, Garhwa
- R.K. +2 High School Bhawnathpur
Hospitals
Garhwa has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.
- Community Health Center Ranka
- Health Sub-Center Adhaura
- Health Sub-Center Geruaa Soti
- Health Sub-Center Kailan
- Health Sub-Center Ghaghri
Banks
Garhwa has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- Bank of India Nagar Utari
- Central Bank of India Chandri
- Central Bank of India Garhwa Road
- Central Bank of India Palekalan
- Central Bank of India Puraini
Garhwa District
Garhwa is one of the 24 districts of Jharkhand, spread in an area of 4093 square kilometers. It is divided into 20 Subdivisions and 20 blocks. As on 18th April 2024, the current population of Garhwa district is 16.05 lakhs, which includes urban population of 84.5 thousands and rural population of 15.21 lakhs. The sex ratio of district is 935 females per 1000 males. There are 3.09 lakhs houses in the district which means every household has around 5 members. There are around 2.4 lakhs teenagers in district. It has literacy rate of 49% which means around 7.93 lakhs persons can read and write. The district has working population of 6.93 lakhs. Total 3.88 lakhs people belonging to scheduled caste and 2.5 lakhs scheduled tribe people live in the district.
Subdivisions in Garhwa district
Garhwa district has total 20 Subdivision.
- Kharaundhi
- Bhawnathpur
- Ketar*
- Kandi
- Majhiaon
- Bardiha
- Ramna
- Bishunpura
- Nagaruntari
- Dhurki
- Sagma
- Dandai
- Chinia
- Meral (Pipra Kalan)
- Garhwa
- Danda
- Ranka
- Ramkanda
- Bhandaria
- Bargarh
Blocks in Garhwa district
Garhwa district has total 20 blocks.
- Bhandaria
- Bhawnathpur
- Chinia
- Dandai
- Dhurki
- Garhwa
- Kandi
- Kharaundhi
- Manjhiaon
- Meral
- Nagar Untari
- Ramkanda
- Ramna
- Ranka
- Ketar
- Danda
- Bishunpura
- Bardiha
- Sagma
- Bargad
Garhwa Zilla Panchayat
Adhyaksh is the President (Adhyaksha) of Zilla Panchayat Garhwa, who can be contacted at email address adhyaksh@gmail.com and mobile number 96321xxx96. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Ddc, who can be reached at email address ddcgarhwa@gmail.com and mobile number 96321xxx32. The office address is Garhwa, Pincode - 832014. You can reach there by taking a bus till Garhwa Bus Stand which is less than a km away. The office has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.Garhwa Zilla Panchayat consists of total 20 Panchayat Samiti.
- Bhandaria
- Bhawnathpur
- Chinia
- Dandai
- Dhurki
- Garhwa
- Kandi
- Kharaundhi
- Manjhiaon
- Meral
- Nagar Untari
- Ramkanda
- Ramna
- Ranka
- Ketar
- Danda
- Bishunpura
- Bardiha
- Sagma
- Bargarh
Garhwa Panchayat Samiti
Kumud Kumar Jha is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Garhwa, who can be contacted at email address bdogarhwajh@gmail.com and mobile number 99310xxx54. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Basant Kumar Pandey, who can be reached at email address basanjana1@gmail.com and mobile number 79031xxx49. The Block address is Main Road, Garhwa, Pincode - 822114. You can reach there by taking a bus till Garhwa Bus Stand which is less than a km away. The Block has internet facility.Garhwa Panchayat Samiti consists of total 22 Gram Panchayat.