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About Garder Village

Garder is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 28 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garder Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garder village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Thural
Pincode 176107
Area (hectares) 71.2 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 28
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garder compares

By the 2011 count Garder is the 76th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 71.2 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Garder

Garder is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Garder 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garder from other places

Garder lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 17 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 Garder
Tehsil headquarters Thural under 2 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 17 km
District headquarters Kangra 26 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 35 km

Villages closest to Garder

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garder village had a population of 56. That makes it the 76th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Garder village has 28 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garder has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Garder is 176107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garder covers 71.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garder falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garder is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 17 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Garder.

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

Garder is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about under 2 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 17 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chalah (under 2 km), Sahotryan Da Lahar (under 2 km) and Manjha Buhla (under 2 km).

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

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