About Garaga Forest Village

Garaga Forest is a small village in Holalkere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 57 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,123 females per 1000 males. The village covers 908.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garaga Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garaga Forest village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Holalkere
Pincode	577523
Area (hectares)	908.49 hectares
Population	121
Male Population	57
Female Population	64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,123
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garaga Forest compares

By the 2011 count Garaga Forest is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents. Its 908.49 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 976.

Getting to Garaga Forest

Garaga Forest is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garaga Forest as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Garaga Forest from other places

Garaga Forest lies about 24 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Amritapura, about 5.0 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 Garaga Forest
Nearest railway station	Amritapura	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Holalkere	7.7 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	24 km

Villages closest to Garaga Forest

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garaga Forest village had a population of 121. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents.

Garaga Forest village has 57 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garaga Forest has about 1123 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Garaga Forest is 577523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garaga Forest covers 908.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garaga Forest falls under Holalkere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Garaga Forest is Amritapura, about 5.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garaga Forest.

Garaga Forest is about 24 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garaga Forest is in Holalkere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Amritapura is about 5.0 km away. Holalkere is about 7.7 km away. Chitradurga is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.