About Garaga Village

Garaga is a large village in Hosdurga tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,077, made up of 1,043 males and 1,034 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 906.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577597, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garaga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garaga village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hosdurga
Pincode	577597
Area (hectares)	906.37 hectares
Population	2,077
Male Population	1,043
Female Population	1,034
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garaga compares

By the 2011 count Garaga is the 23rd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 906.37 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Garaga

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

Garaga lies about 66 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Banavar, about 34 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
Tehsil headquarters	Hosdurga	20 km
Nearest town	Hosadurga	20 km
Nearest railway station	Banavar	34 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	66 km

Villages closest to Garaga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garaga village had a population of 2,077. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Garaga village has 1,043 males and 1,034 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garaga has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Garaga is 577597. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garaga covers 906.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garaga falls under Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Garaga is Banavar, about 34 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 Garaga.

Garaga is about 66 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garaga is in Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hosdurga is about 20 km away. Hosadurga is about 20 km away. Banavar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.