About Garga Village

Garga is a large village in Hospet tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,258, made up of 1,161 males and 1,097 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4302.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garga village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bellary
Tehsil	Hospet
Pincode	583214
Area (hectares)	4302.82 hectares
Population	2,258
Male Population	1,161
Female Population	1,097
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garga compares

By the 2011 count Garga is the 30th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,845 residents. Its 4302.82 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 997.

Getting to Garga

Garga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garga 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garga from other places

Garga lies about 54 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Ramgad, about 4.3 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 Garga
Nearest railway station	Ramgad	4.3 km
Nearest town	Sandūr	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hospet	20 km
District headquarters	Bellary	54 km

Villages closest to Garga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garga village had a population of 2,258. That makes it the 30th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,845 residents.

Garga village has 1,161 males and 1,097 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garga has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Garga is 583214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garga covers 4302.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garga falls under Hospet tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Garga is Ramgad, about 4.3 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 10+ km distance for Garga.

Garga is about 54 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garga is in Hospet tehsil of Bellary district. Ramgad is about 4.3 km away. Sandūr is about 14 km away. Hospet is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.