About Garu Village

Garu is a small village in Garu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 362, made up of 192 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Garu
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	286 hectares
Population	362
Male Population	192
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garu compares

By the 2011 count Garu is the 36th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 439 residents. Its 286 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Garu

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

Garu lies about 28 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Hehegara Halt, about 13 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 Garu
Nearest railway station	Hehegara Halt	13 km
District headquarters	Latehar	28 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	28 km

Villages closest to Garu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garu village had a population of 362. That makes it the 36th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 439 residents.

Garu village has 192 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garu has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Garu is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garu covers 286 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garu falls under Garu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garu is Hehegara Halt, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Garu.

Garu is about 28 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garu is in Garu tehsil of Latehar district. Hehegara Halt is about 13 km away. Latehar is about 28 km away. Lātehār is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.