About Garrapar Village

Garrapar is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 787, made up of 388 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garrapar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garrapar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491668
Area (hectares)	378.25 hectares
Population	787
Male Population	388
Female Population	399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garrapar compares

By the 2011 count Garrapar is the 90th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 378.25 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Garrapar

Garrapar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garrapar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Garrapar from other places

Garrapar lies about 44 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 36 km away. 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 Garrapar
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	17 km
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	36 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	37 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	44 km

Villages closest to Garrapar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garrapar village had a population of 787. That makes it the 90th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Garrapar village has 388 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garrapar has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Garrapar is 491668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garrapar covers 378.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garrapar falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Garrapar is Paniajob, about 36 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garrapar.

Garrapar is about 44 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garrapar is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 17 km away. Paniajob is about 36 km away. Dongargarh is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.