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About Gareru Village

Gareru is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 129, made up of 53 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,434 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gareru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gareru village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 176029
Area (hectares) 80.28 hectares
Population 129
Male Population 53
Female Population 76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,434
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gareru compares

By the 2011 count Gareru is the 211th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 80.28 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Gareru

The census records public bus service for Gareru as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Gareru from other places

Gareru lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 1.8 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 Gareru
Nearest railway station Tripal 1.8 km
District headquarters Kangra 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 13 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 27 km

Villages closest to Gareru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Gareru

As per the Census of India 2011, Gareru village had a population of 129. That makes it the 211th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Gareru village has 53 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gareru has about 1434 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Gareru is 176029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gareru covers 80.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gareru falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gareru is Tripal, about 1.8 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gareru.

Gareru is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gareru is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Tripal is about 1.8 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranka (under 2 km), Bilpar (under 2 km) and Balsun (under 2 km).

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

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