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About Garkhede Village

Garkhede is a mid sized village in Dharangaon tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,351, made up of 715 males and 636 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307 hectares hectares.

Garkhede Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garkhede village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Dharangaon
Area (hectares) 307 hectares
Population 1,351
Male Population 715
Female Population 636
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garkhede compares

By the 2011 count Garkhede is the 39th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,569 residents. Its 307 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Garkhede

Garkhede 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 Garkhede 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garkhede from other places

Garkhede lies about 28 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dharangaon, about 2.2 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 Garkhede
Nearest railway station Dharangaon 2.2 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 28 km

Villages closest to Garkhede

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garkhede village had a population of 1,351. That makes it the 39th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,569 residents.

Garkhede village has 715 males and 636 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garkhede has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Garkhede covers 307 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garkhede falls under Dharangaon tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Garkhede is Dharangaon, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Garkhede is about 28 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garkhede is in Dharangaon tehsil of Jalgaon district. Dharangaon is about 2.2 km away. Jalgaon is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anore (under 2 km), Babhale Bk (2.0 km) and Dhanore (2.1 km).

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

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