About Garratola Village

Garratola is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 652, made up of 354 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317 hectares hectares.

Garratola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garratola village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	317 hectares
Population	652
Male Population	354
Female Population	298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garratola compares

By the 2011 count Garratola is the 130th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 317 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Garratola

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

Garratola lies about 48 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Kanhad Gaon, about 48 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 Garratola
Nearest town	Malajkhand	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kanhad Gaon	48 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	48 km

Villages closest to Garratola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garratola village had a population of 652. That makes it the 130th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Garratola village has 354 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garratola has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Garratola covers 317 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garratola falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garratola is Kanhad Gaon, about 48 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Garratola.

Garratola is about 48 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garratola is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 23 km away. Baihar is about 30 km away. Kanhad Gaon is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.