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About Garb Kalan Village

Garb Kalan is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 34 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171005, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garb Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garb Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171005
Area (hectares) 13 hectares
Population 69
Male Population 34
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
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 Garb Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Garb Kalan is the 313th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 13 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Garb Kalan

The census records public bus service for Garb Kalan 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. The nearest villages by name are Galot, Ganheri, Ganiog and Ganoti. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Garb Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Garb Kalan village had a population of 69. That makes it the 313th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Garb Kalan village has 34 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garb Kalan has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Garb Kalan is 171005. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garb Kalan covers 13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garb Kalan falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Garb Kalan notes the nearest railway station 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 Garb Kalan.

Garb Kalan is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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