About Garni Village

Garni is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 125, made up of 68 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garni village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	56.86 hectares
Population	125
Male Population	68
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garni compares

By the 2011 count Garni is the 102nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 56.86 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Garni

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

Garni lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Garni
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	22 km
District headquarters	Kangra	29 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	42 km

Villages closest to Garni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garni village had a population of 125. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Garni village has 68 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garni has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Garni is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garni covers 56.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garni falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garni is Jawalamukhi Road, about 22 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 Garni.

Garni is about 29 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garni is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 4.4 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 22 km away. Kangra is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.