About Garvale Village

Garvale is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 551, made up of 260 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2466.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571251, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garvale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garvale village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571251
Area (hectares)	2466.65 hectares
Population	551
Male Population	260
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,119
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garvale compares

By the 2011 count Garvale is the 90th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 2466.65 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1053.

Getting to Garvale

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

Garvale lies about 18 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Yedekumeri, about 32 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 Garvale
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	8.8 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	15 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	18 km
Nearest railway station	Yedekumeri	32 km

Villages closest to Garvale

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garvale village had a population of 551. That makes it the 90th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Garvale village has 260 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garvale has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Garvale is 571251. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garvale covers 2466.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garvale falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Garvale is Yedekumeri, about 32 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 Garvale.

Garvale is about 18 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garvale is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 8.8 km away. Madikeri is about 15 km away. Kodagu is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.