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About Girab Village

Girab is a mid sized village in Sheo tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,683, made up of 902 males and 781 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2425 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girab Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girab village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Barmer
Tehsil Sheo
Pincode 344011
Area (hectares) 2425 hectares
Population 1,683
Male Population 902
Female Population 781
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Girab compares

By the 2011 count Girab is the 20th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 796 residents. Its 2425 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 861.

Getting to Girab

Girab is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Girab as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Fatehnara, Fatehpura, Gadraroad Ber Seeng Desar and Gangapura. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Girab

As per the Census of India 2011, Girab village had a population of 1,683. That makes it the 20th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 796 residents.

Girab village has 902 males and 781 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girab has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 861.

The pincode recorded for Girab is 344011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Girab covers 2425 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Girab falls under Sheo tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The census record for Girab notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Girab.

Girab is in Sheo tehsil of Barmer district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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