About Garra Village

Garra is a large village in Tumsar tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,458, made up of 1,720 males and 1,738 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633.68 hectares hectares.

Garra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garra village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Tumsar
Area (hectares)	633.68 hectares
Population	3,458
Male Population	1,720
Female Population	1,738
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garra compares

By the 2011 count Garra is the 7th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 633.68 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 997.

Getting to Garra

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

Garra lies about 34 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Chicholi, about 4.2 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 Garra
Nearest railway station	Chicholi	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tumsar	12 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	34 km

Villages closest to Garra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garra village had a population of 3,458. That makes it the 7th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Garra village has 1,720 males and 1,738 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garra has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

Garra covers 633.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garra falls under Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Garra is Chicholi, about 4.2 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 10+ km distance for Garra.

Garra is about 34 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garra is in Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district. Chicholi is about 4.2 km away. Tumsar is about 12 km away. Bhandara is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.