About Garcha Village

Garcha is a large village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,078, made up of 1,031 males and 1,047 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 520 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144518, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garcha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garcha village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144518
Area (hectares)	520 hectares
Population	2,078
Male Population	1,031
Female Population	1,047
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garcha compares

By the 2011 count Garcha is the 31st largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 520 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Garcha

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

Garcha lies about 5.6 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 6.8 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
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Rahon	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	9.3 km

Villages closest to Garcha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garcha village had a population of 2,078. That makes it the 31st largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Garcha village has 1,031 males and 1,047 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garcha has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Garcha is 144518. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garcha covers 520 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garcha falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Garcha is Rahon, about 6.8 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 Garcha.

Garcha is about 5.6 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garcha is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 5.6 km away. Rahon is about 6.8 km away. Nawanshahr is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.