About Garai Village

Garai is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 906, made up of 434 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 455.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Lapung
Pincode	835202
Area (hectares)	455.83 hectares
Population	906
Male Population	434
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Garai compares

By the 2011 count Garai is the 27th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 455.83 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Garai

Garai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Garai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garai from other places

Garai lies about 44 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 7.6 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 Garai
Tehsil headquarters	Lapung	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	7.6 km
Nearest town	Khunti	31 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	44 km

Villages closest to Garai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garai village had a population of 906. That makes it the 27th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Garai village has 434 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garai has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Garai is 835202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garai covers 455.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garai falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garai is Govindpur Road, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Garai.

Garai is about 44 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garai is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Lapung is about 3.4 km away. Govindpur Road is about 7.6 km away. Khunti is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.