About Gar Village

Gar is a mid sized village in Shrigonda tehsil, in the district of Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,045, made up of 565 males and 480 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 736.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 414701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ahmadnagar
Tehsil	Shrigonda
Pincode	414701
Area (hectares)	736.79 hectares
Population	1,045
Male Population	565
Female Population	480
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gar compares

By the 2011 count Gar is the 88th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,529 residents. Its 736.79 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Gar

Gar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gar from other places

Gar lies about under 2 km from Ahmadnagar, and the nearest railway station is Katol, about 10 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 Gar
Tehsil headquarters	Shrigonda	under 2 km
District headquarters	Ahmadnagar	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Katol	10 km
Nearest town	Kātol	11 km

Villages closest to Gar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gar village had a population of 1,045. That makes it the 88th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,529 residents.

Gar village has 565 males and 480 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gar has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Gar is 414701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gar covers 736.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gar falls under Shrigonda tehsil of Ahmadnagar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gar is Katol, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gar.

Gar is about under 2 km from Ahmadnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gar is in Shrigonda tehsil of Ahmadnagar district. Shrigonda is about under 2 km away. Ahmadnagar is about under 2 km away. Katol is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.