About Garanga Village

Garanga is a mid sized village in Kharar tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,481, made up of 814 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garanga village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Kharar
Pincode	140103
Area (hectares)	252 hectares
Population	1,481
Male Population	814
Female Population	667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	819
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garanga compares

By the 2011 count Garanga is the 25th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 252 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 875.

Getting to Garanga

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

Garanga lies about 18 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is New Morinda Junction, about 8.2 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 Garanga
Nearest railway station	New Morinda Junction	8.2 km
Nearest town	Morinda	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharar	10 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	18 km

Villages closest to Garanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garanga village had a population of 1,481. That makes it the 25th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Garanga village has 814 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garanga has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 875.

The pincode recorded for Garanga is 140103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garanga covers 252 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garanga falls under Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Garanga is New Morinda Junction, about 8.2 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 village for Garanga.

Garanga is about 18 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garanga is in Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. New Morinda Junction is about 8.2 km away. Morinda is about 8.9 km away. Kharar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.