About Garar Village

Garar is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,208, made up of 600 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181203
Area (hectares)	198.7 hectares
Population	1,208
Male Population	600
Female Population	608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garar compares

By the 2011 count Garar is the 63rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 198.7 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Garar

Garar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Garar from other places

Garar lies about 21 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 5.0 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 Garar
Nearest railway station	Vijaypur Jammu	5.0 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	21 km
District headquarters	Jammu	21 km

Villages closest to Garar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garar village had a population of 1,208. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Garar village has 600 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garar has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Garar is 181203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garar covers 198.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Garar falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Garar is Vijaypur Jammu, about 5.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Garar.

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

Garar is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 5.0 km away. Sāmba is about 9.6 km away. Akhnoor is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.