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About Garda Village

Garda is a small village in Gangdhar tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 95 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326516, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garda village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jhalawar
Tehsil Gangdhar
Pincode 326516
Area (hectares) 103.91 hectares
Population 180
Male Population 95
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garda compares

By the 2011 count Garda is the 172nd largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 103.91 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Garda

Garda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Garda from other places

Garda lies about 103 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Thuria, about 5.2 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 Garda
Nearest railway station Thuria 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangdhar 12 km
Nearest town Alot 13 km
District headquarters Jhalawar 103 km

Villages closest to Garda

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

Common questions about Garda

As per the Census of India 2011, Garda village had a population of 180. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Garda village has 95 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garda has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Garda is 326516. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garda covers 103.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garda falls under Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Garda is Thuria, about 5.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garda.

Garda is about 103 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garda is in Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district. Thuria is about 5.2 km away. Gangdhar is about 12 km away. Alot is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aranya (under 2 km), Nisal Kheri (under 2 km) and Tonkara (1.9 km).

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

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