About Garenga Village

Garenga is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,706, made up of 839 males and 867 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1175.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garenga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garenga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494224
Area (hectares)	1175.52 hectares
Population	1,706
Male Population	839
Female Population	867
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garenga compares

By the 2011 count Garenga is the 28th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 1175.52 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Garenga

Garenga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garenga as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Garenga from other places

Garenga lies about 21 km from Bastar. 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 Garenga
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	21 km
District headquarters	Bastar	21 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	36 km

Villages closest to Garenga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bakavand 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 Garenga

As per the Census of India 2011, Garenga village had a population of 1,706. That makes it the 28th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Garenga village has 839 males and 867 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garenga has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Garenga is 494224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garenga covers 1175.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garenga falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Garenga notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Garenga is about 21 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garenga is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 21 km away. Bastar is about 21 km away. Jagdalpur is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.