About Garan Bala Village

Garan Bala is a mid sized village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 797, made up of 399 males and 398 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 671.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garan Bala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garan Bala village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185152
Area (hectares)	671.4 hectares
Population	797
Male Population	399
Female Population	398
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garan Bala compares

By the 2011 count Garan Bala is the 26th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 671.4 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Garan Bala

Garan Bala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garan Bala as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Garan Bala from other places

Garan Bala lies about 23 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 55 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 Garan Bala
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	7.7 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	22 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	23 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	55 km

Villages closest to Garan Bala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalakote 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 Garan Bala

As per the Census of India 2011, Garan Bala village had a population of 797. That makes it the 26th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Garan Bala village has 399 males and 398 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garan Bala has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Garan Bala is 185152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garan Bala covers 671.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garan Bala falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Garan Bala is Dugga, about 55 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 village for Garan Bala.

Garan Bala is about 23 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garan Bala is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about 7.7 km away. Rajaori is about 22 km away. Rajouri is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.