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About Garla Sarkari Village

Garla Sarkari is a mid sized village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,044, made up of 511 males and 533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176085, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garla Sarkari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garla Sarkari village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176085
Area (hectares) 119.03 hectares
Population 1,044
Male Population 511
Female Population 533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garla Sarkari compares

By the 2011 count Garla Sarkari is the 30th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 119.03 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Garla Sarkari

Garla Sarkari 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 Garla Sarkari 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garla Sarkari from other places

Garla Sarkari lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 2.2 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 Garla Sarkari
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 10 km
District headquarters Kangra 21 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 24 km

Villages closest to Garla Sarkari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Palampur 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 Garla Sarkari

As per the Census of India 2011, Garla Sarkari village had a population of 1,044. That makes it the 30th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Garla Sarkari village has 511 males and 533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garla Sarkari has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Garla Sarkari is 176085. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garla Sarkari covers 119.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Garla Sarkari falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garla Sarkari is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 2.2 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 village for Garla Sarkari.

Garla Sarkari is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garla Sarkari is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 2.2 km away. Palampur is about 10 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balla (under 2 km), Sulah Kasba (under 2 km) and Thamba I (under 2 km).

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

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