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About Garcha Village

Garcha is a small village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 332, made up of 184 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garcha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garcha village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Ludhiana East
Pincode 141126
Area (hectares) 142 hectares
Population 332
Male Population 184
Female Population 148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 804
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garcha compares

By the 2011 count Garcha is the 162nd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 142 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Garcha

The census records public bus service for Garcha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Garcha from other places

Garcha lies about 19 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 12 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 Garcha
Nearest railway station Rahon 12 km
Nearest town Sānehwāl 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Ludhiana East 19 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 19 km

Villages closest to Garcha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana East 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 Garcha

As per the Census of India 2011, Garcha village had a population of 332. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Garcha village has 184 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garcha has about 804 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Garcha is 141126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garcha covers 142 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garcha falls under Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Garcha is Rahon, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Garcha.

Garcha is about 19 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garcha is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Rahon is about 12 km away. Sānehwāl is about 15 km away. Ludhiana East is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salkiana (under 2 km), Kalewal (under 2 km) and Dholanwal (1.6 km).

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

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