About Garnota Village

Garnota is a mid sized village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,304, made up of 639 males and 665 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garnota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garnota village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Sihunta
Pincode	176207
Area (hectares)	134.51 hectares
Population	1,304
Male Population	639
Female Population	665
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garnota compares

By the 2011 count Garnota is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 134.51 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Garnota

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

Garnota lies about 26 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 19 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 Garnota
Tehsil headquarters	Sihunta	2.2 km
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	19 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	24 km
District headquarters	Chamba	26 km

Villages closest to Garnota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garnota village had a population of 1,304. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Garnota village has 639 males and 665 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garnota has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Garnota is 176207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garnota covers 134.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Garnota falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garnota is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 19 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Garnota.

Garnota is about 26 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garnota is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Sihunta is about 2.2 km away. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 19 km away. Dharamsala is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.