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About Gulab Garh Village

Gulab Garh is a mid sized village in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil, in the district of Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,519, made up of 856 males and 663 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 775 females per 1000 males. The village covers 700.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gulab Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gulab Garh village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Reasi
Tehsil Gool Gulabgarh
Pincode 182204
Area (hectares) 700.1 hectares
Population 1,519
Male Population 856
Female Population 663
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 775
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 Gulab Garh compares

By the 2011 count Gulab Garh is the 33rd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents. Its 700.1 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Gulab Garh

Gulab Garh is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gulab Garh 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 Gulab Garh from other places

Gulab Garh lies about 20 km from Reasi, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 18 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 Gulab Garh
Tehsil headquarters Gool Gulabgarh under 2 km
Nearest railway station Dugga 18 km
District headquarters Reasi 20 km
Nearest town Akhnūr 40 km

Villages closest to Gulab Garh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gool Gulabgarh 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 Gulab Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Gulab Garh village had a population of 1,519. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Gulab Garh village has 856 males and 663 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gulab Garh has about 775 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Gulab Garh is 182204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gulab Garh covers 700.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gulab Garh falls under Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gulab Garh is Dugga, about 18 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 Gulab Garh.

Gulab Garh is about 20 km from Reasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gulab Garh is in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district. Gool Gulabgarh is about under 2 km away. Dugga is about 18 km away. Reasi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lar (2.4 km), Larh (2.4 km) and Bharneli (3.4 km).

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

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