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About Garada Village

Garada is a small village in Vijaynagar tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 126 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383460, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garada village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Sabar Kantha
Tehsil Vijaynagar
Pincode 383460
Area (hectares) 202.65 hectares
Population 255
Male Population 126
Female Population 129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garada compares

By the 2011 count Garada is the 80th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,162 residents. Its 202.65 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1006.

Getting to Garada

Garada 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 Garada as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garada from other places

Garada lies about 42 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Rikhabdev Road, about 30 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 Garada
Tehsil headquarters Vijaynagar 24 km
Nearest railway station Rikhabdev Road 30 km
Nearest town Dūngarpur 39 km
District headquarters Sabar Kantha 42 km

Villages closest to Garada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garada village had a population of 255. That makes it the 80th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,162 residents.

Garada village has 126 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garada has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Garada is 383460. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garada covers 202.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garada falls under Vijaynagar tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Garada is Rikhabdev Road, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Garada is about 42 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garada is in Vijaynagar tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Vijaynagar is about 24 km away. Rikhabdev Road is about 30 km away. Dūngarpur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhankhra (3.9 km), Saroli (8.7 km) and Jamaniya (12 km).

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

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