About Garra Village

Garra is a small village in Bano tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 229 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Bano
Pincode	835201
Area (hectares)	264 hectares
Population	435
Male Population	229
Female Population	206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garra compares

By the 2011 count Garra is the 68th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 264 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Garra

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

Garra lies about 48 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 9.5 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 Garra
Nearest railway station	Pakra	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bano	27 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	37 km
District headquarters	Simdega	48 km

Villages closest to Garra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garra village had a population of 435. That makes it the 68th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Garra village has 229 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garra has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Garra is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garra covers 264 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garra falls under Bano tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Garra is Pakra, about 9.5 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 Garra.

Garra is about 48 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garra is in Bano tehsil of Simdega district. Pakra is about 9.5 km away. Bano is about 27 km away. Gumlā is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.