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About Garra Village

Garra is a large village in Waraseoni tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,097, made up of 2,034 males and 2,063 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1004.13 hectares hectares.

Garra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garra village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Waraseoni
Area (hectares) 1004.13 hectares
Population 4,097
Male Population 2,034
Female Population 2,063
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Garra compares

By the 2011 count Garra is the 5th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 1004.13 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Garra

Garra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Garra 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garra from other places

Garra lies about 20 km from Balaghat. 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 Garra
Tehsil headquarters Waraseoni 8.1 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 8.1 km
District headquarters Balaghat 20 km

Villages closest to Garra

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

Common questions about Garra

As per the Census of India 2011, Garra village had a population of 4,097. That makes it the 5th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Garra village has 2,034 males and 2,063 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garra has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

Garra covers 1004.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garra falls under Waraseoni tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Garra notes the nearest railway station as Available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Garra.

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

Garra is in Waraseoni tehsil of Balaghat district. Waraseoni is about 8.1 km away. Wārāseonī is about 8.1 km away. Balaghat is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deogaon (2.7 km), Doke (2.7 km) and Maheduli (3.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Garra today is likely to be higher.

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