About Garoora Village

Garoora is a large village in Bandipora tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,528, made up of 1,785 males and 1,743 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garoora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garoora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Bandipora
Pincode	193502
Area (hectares)	232.3 hectares
Population	3,528
Male Population	1,785
Female Population	1,743
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garoora compares

By the 2011 count Garoora is the 16th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,431 residents. Its 232.3 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Garoora

Garoora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garoora as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Garoora from other places

Garoora lies about 5.9 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, 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 Garoora
Tehsil headquarters	Bandipora	5.9 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	5.9 km
Nearest town	Bandipura	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Hamre	22 km

Villages closest to Garoora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garoora village had a population of 3,528. That makes it the 16th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,431 residents.

Garoora village has 1,785 males and 1,743 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garoora has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Garoora is 193502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garoora covers 232.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Garoora falls under Bandipora tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Garoora is Hamre, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Garoora.

Garoora is about 5.9 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garoora is in Bandipora tehsil of Bandipore district. Bandipora is about 5.9 km away. Bandipore is about 5.9 km away. Bandipura is about 5.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.