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About Garka Village

Garka is a mid sized village in Rangia tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,161, made up of 595 males and 566 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.21 hectares hectares.

Garka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garka village
Description Value
State Assam
District Baksa
Tehsil Rangia
Area (hectares) 214.21 hectares
Population 1,161
Male Population 595
Female Population 566
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 951
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garka compares

By the 2011 count Garka is the 51st largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,541 residents. Its 214.21 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Garka

Garka is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Garka as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dhankunda, Dimu No 1, Dimu No 2 and Doloi Gaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Garka

As per the Census of India 2011, Garka village had a population of 1,161. That makes it the 51st largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,541 residents.

Garka village has 595 males and 566 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garka has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Garka covers 214.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garka falls under Rangia tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The census record for Garka notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Garka.

Garka is in Rangia tehsil of Baksa district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Garka today is likely to be higher.

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