About Garaga Village

Garaga is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 235, made up of 116 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 583.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garaga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garaga village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577226
Area (hectares)	583.1 hectares
Population	235
Male Population	116
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garaga compares

By the 2011 count Garaga is the 172nd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 583.1 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 22 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kotegangoor, about 22 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
District headquarters	Shimoga	22 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotegangoor	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	22 km

Villages closest to Garaga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tirthahalli 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 235. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Garaga village has 116 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garaga has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Garaga is 577226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garaga covers 583.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garaga falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Garaga is Kotegangoor, about 22 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 village for Garaga.

Garaga is about 22 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garaga is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Shimoga is about 22 km away. Shivamogga is about 22 km away. Kotegangoor is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.