About Garje Village

Garje is a large village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,276, made up of 1,129 males and 1,147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 773.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garje Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garje village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Kadur
Pincode	577140
Area (hectares)	773.44 hectares
Population	2,276
Male Population	1,129
Female Population	1,147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garje compares

By the 2011 count Garje is the 16th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 773.44 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Garje

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

Garje lies about 48 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Kadur Junction, 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 Garje
Tehsil headquarters	Kadur	12 km
Nearest town	Kadūr	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kadur Junction	13 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	48 km

Villages closest to Garje

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garje village had a population of 2,276. That makes it the 16th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Garje village has 1,129 males and 1,147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garje has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Garje is 577140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garje covers 773.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garje falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Garje is Kadur Junction, 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 Garje.

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

Garje is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Kadur is about 12 km away. Kadūr is about 12 km away. Kadur Junction is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.