About Garighatta Village

Garighatta is a small village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 163 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garighatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garighatta village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573128
Area (hectares)	178.08 hectares
Population	341
Male Population	163
Female Population	178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,092
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garighatta compares

By the 2011 count Garighatta is the 79th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 318 residents. Its 178.08 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1023.

Getting to Garighatta

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

Garighatta lies about 20 km from Hassan. 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 Garighatta
Tehsil headquarters	Alur	15 km
District headquarters	Hassan	20 km

Villages closest to Garighatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garighatta village had a population of 341. That makes it the 79th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 318 residents.

Garighatta village has 163 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garighatta has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Garighatta is 573128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garighatta covers 178.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garighatta falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The census record for Garighatta notes the nearest railway station 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 Garighatta.

Garighatta is about 20 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garighatta is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Alur is about 15 km away. Hassan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.