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About Garaga Village

Garaga is a mid sized village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,712, made up of 870 males and 842 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 712.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garaga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garaga village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Davanagere
Tehsil Channagiri
Pincode 577221
Area (hectares) 712.54 hectares
Population 1,712
Male Population 870
Female Population 842
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 968
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garaga compares

By the 2011 count Garaga is the 52nd largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 712.54 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 983.

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 <5 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 from other places

Garaga lies about 47 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Nulenuru, about 18 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 Channagiri 4.3 km
Nearest railway station Nulenuru 18 km
District headquarters Davanagere 47 km

Villages closest to Garaga

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

Common questions about Garaga

As per the Census of India 2011, Garaga village had a population of 1,712. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Garaga village has 870 males and 842 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garaga has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Garaga is 577221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garaga covers 712.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garaga falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Garaga is Nulenuru, about 18 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 <5 km distance for Garaga.

Garaga is about 47 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garaga is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Channagiri is about 4.3 km away. Nulenuru is about 18 km away. Davanagere is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garagadakatte (under 2 km), Mangenahalli (under 2 km) and Honnaikanahalli (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Garaga today is likely to be higher.

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