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About Garada Village

Garada is a mid sized village in Lakhani tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,584, made up of 809 males and 775 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 564 hectares hectares.

Garada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garada village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Lakhani
Area (hectares) 564 hectares
Population 1,584
Male Population 809
Female Population 775
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 958
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 Garada compares

By the 2011 count Garada is the 19th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents. Its 564 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Garada

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

Garada lies about 9.8 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Koka, about 20 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 Garada
Tehsil headquarters Lakhani 9.8 km
District headquarters Bhandara 9.8 km
Nearest town Bhandāra 9.8 km
Nearest railway station Koka 20 km

Villages closest to Garada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garada village had a population of 1,584. That makes it the 19th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents.

Garada village has 809 males and 775 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garada has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

Garada covers 564 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garada falls under Lakhani tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Garada is Koka, about 20 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 Garada.

Garada is about 9.8 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garada is in Lakhani tehsil of Bhandara district. Lakhani is about 9.8 km away. Bhandara is about 9.8 km away. Bhandāra is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manegaon (3.3 km), Borgaon (3.9 km) and Palasgaon (4.5 km).

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

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