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About Garuasoti Village

Garuasoti is a mid sized village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,100, made up of 564 males and 536 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garuasoti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garuasoti village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Meral
Pincode 822114
Area (hectares) 272 hectares
Population 1,100
Male Population 564
Female Population 536
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garuasoti compares

By the 2011 count Garuasoti is the 42nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 272 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Garuasoti

Garuasoti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garuasoti 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 Garuasoti from other places

Garuasoti lies about 13 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 12 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 Garuasoti
Tehsil headquarters Meral 11 km
Nearest railway station Meralgram 12 km
District headquarters Garhwa 13 km

Villages closest to Garuasoti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garuasoti village had a population of 1,100. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Garuasoti village has 564 males and 536 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garuasoti has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Garuasoti is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garuasoti covers 272 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garuasoti falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garuasoti is Meralgram, about 12 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 Garuasoti.

Garuasoti is about 13 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garuasoti is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meral is about 11 km away. Meralgram is about 12 km away. Garhwa is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garua (under 2 km), Kotam (under 2 km) and Tetka Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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