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About Garrapar Village

Garrapar is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,163, made up of 564 males and 599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 615.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, 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 Khairagarh
Pincode 491881
Area (hectares) 615.82 hectares
Population 1,163
Male Population 564
Female Population 599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garrapar compares

By the 2011 count Garrapar is the 43rd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 615.82 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

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 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 31 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 22 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 Khairagarh 9.6 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 9.6 km
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 22 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 31 km

Villages closest to Garrapar

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

Common questions about Garrapar

As per the Census of India 2011, Garrapar village had a population of 1,163. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Garrapar village has 564 males and 599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garrapar has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Garrapar is 491881. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garrapar covers 615.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garrapar falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Garrapar is Jatkanhar, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Garrapar is about 31 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 Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 9.6 km away. Khairāgarh is about 9.6 km away. Jatkanhar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khapri Kalar (2.0 km), Riwa Gahan (2.2 km) and Gadaghat (2.5 km).

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

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