About Garka Village

Garka is a mid sized village in Dondi Luhara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,294, made up of 650 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 506.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dondi Luhara
Pincode	491771
Area (hectares)	506.83 hectares
Population	1,294
Male Population	650
Female Population	644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garka compares

By the 2011 count Garka is the 47th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 506.83 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Garka

Garka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garka 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. The nearest villages by name are Gahira Nawagaon, Gainji, Gandhari and Ganesh Khapri. 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.

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Common questions about Garka

As per the Census of India 2011, Garka village had a population of 1,294. That makes it the 47th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Garka village has 650 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garka has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Garka is 491771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garka covers 506.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garka falls under Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Garka 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 Garka.

Garka is in Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg 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.