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Garhwa Garhwa is a town and a municipality in, and headquarters of, Garhwa district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Bihar are nearby states. Garhwa Road (Rehla) is a major Railway Junction where thousands of passengers ...

district, Jharkhand state, India.

Geography

It is located at an altitude of 242 m, 217 km from the state capital,

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

, in Time Zone UTC +5:30 .

Population

According to census 2011 had a population of 1,30,308 inhabitants. {{Jharkhand-geo-stub Garhwa district Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Garhwa district Cities and towns in Garhwa district