About Garapuri Village

Garapuri is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 598, made up of 291 males and 307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240.15 hectares hectares.

Garapuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garapuri village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lalbarra
Area (hectares)	240.15 hectares
Population	598
Male Population	291
Female Population	307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garapuri compares

By the 2011 count Garapuri is the 89th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 240.15 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Garapuri

Garapuri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garapuri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Garapuri from other places

Garapuri lies about 19 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Saongi, about 11 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 Garapuri
Nearest railway station	Saongi	11 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lalbarra	19 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	19 km

Villages closest to Garapuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garapuri village had a population of 598. That makes it the 89th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Garapuri village has 291 males and 307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garapuri has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Garapuri covers 240.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garapuri falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garapuri is Saongi, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Garapuri.

Garapuri is about 19 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garapuri is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Saongi is about 11 km away. Wārāseonī is about 14 km away. Lalbarra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.