About Garkheda Village

Garkheda is a mid sized village in Jafferabad tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 615, made up of 320 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.74 hectares hectares.

Garkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garkheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalna
Tehsil	Jafferabad
Area (hectares)	300.74 hectares
Population	615
Male Population	320
Female Population	295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garkheda compares

By the 2011 count Garkheda is the 88th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,631 residents. Its 300.74 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Garkheda

Garkheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garkheda 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garkheda from other places

Garkheda lies about 16 km from Jalna. 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 Garkheda
Nearest town	Deūlgaon Rāja	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jafferabad	16 km
District headquarters	Jalna	16 km

Villages closest to Garkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garkheda village had a population of 615. That makes it the 88th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,631 residents.

Garkheda village has 320 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garkheda has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

Garkheda covers 300.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garkheda falls under Jafferabad tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

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

Garkheda is about 16 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garkheda is in Jafferabad tehsil of Jalna district. Deūlgaon Rāja is about 11 km away. Jafferabad is about 16 km away. Jalna is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.