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About Garan Pain Village

Garan Pain 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 575, made up of 304 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 668.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garan Pain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garan Pain village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Rajouri
Tehsil Kalakote
Pincode 185152
Area (hectares) 668.5 hectares
Population 575
Male Population 304
Female Population 271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garan Pain compares

By the 2011 count Garan Pain is the 43rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 668.5 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Garan Pain

Garan Pain is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Garan Pain as Available within 10+ 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 Garan Pain from other places

Garan Pain 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 Pain
Tehsil headquarters Kalakote 7.9 km
Nearest town Rajaori 23 km
District headquarters Rajouri 23 km
Nearest railway station Dugga 55 km

Villages closest to Garan Pain

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.

Common questions about Garan Pain

As per the Census of India 2011, Garan Pain village had a population of 575. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Garan Pain village has 304 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garan Pain has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

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

Garan Pain covers 668.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Garan Pain 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 <5 km distance for Garan Pain.

Garan Pain 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 Pain is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about 7.9 km away. Rajaori is about 23 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.

The closest recorded villages are Garan Bala (under 2 km), Deolian (3.0 km) and Panhar (3.1 km).

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

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