About Giral Village

Giral is a small village in Sheo tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 265 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1470.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giral village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Barmer
Tehsil	Sheo
Pincode	344701
Area (hectares)	1470.91 hectares
Population	477
Male Population	265
Female Population	212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Giral compares

By the 2011 count Giral is the 197th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 796 residents. Its 1470.91 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 861.

Getting to Giral

Giral is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Giral as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Giral from other places

Giral lies about 38 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Gypsum, about 34 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 Giral
Tehsil headquarters	Sheo	14 km
Nearest railway station	Gypsum	34 km
District headquarters	Barmer	38 km
Nearest town	Bārmer	38 km

Villages closest to Giral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giral village had a population of 477. That makes it the 197th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 796 residents.

Giral village has 265 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giral has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 861.

The pincode recorded for Giral is 344701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giral covers 1470.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Giral falls under Sheo tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Giral is Gypsum, about 34 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 10+ km distance for Giral.

Giral is about 38 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giral is in Sheo tehsil of Barmer district. Sheo is about 14 km away. Gypsum is about 34 km away. Barmer is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.