About Garoo Village

Garoo is one of the larger villages in Kathumar tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,812, made up of 3,081 males and 2,731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1051 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 321606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garoo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garoo village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Kathumar
Pincode	321606
Area (hectares)	1051 hectares
Population	5,812
Male Population	3,081
Female Population	2,731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garoo compares

By the 2011 count Garoo is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents. Its 1051 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Garoo

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

Garoo lies about 56 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Kherli, about 5.9 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 Garoo
Nearest railway station	Kherli	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kathumar	8.3 km
Nearest town	Nādbai	13 km
District headquarters	Alwar	56 km

Villages closest to Garoo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garoo village had a population of 5,812. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents.

Garoo village has 3,081 males and 2,731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garoo has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

The pincode recorded for Garoo is 321606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garoo covers 1051 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garoo falls under Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Garoo is Kherli, about 5.9 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 Garoo.

Garoo is about 56 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garoo is in Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district. Kherli is about 5.9 km away. Kathumar is about 8.3 km away. Nādbai is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.