About Garpak Village

Garpak is a small village in Joshimath tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 66, made up of 40 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 650 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246423, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garpak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garpak village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Joshimath
Pincode	246423
Area (hectares)	59.31 hectares
Population	66
Male Population	40
Female Population	26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	650
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 Garpak compares

By the 2011 count Garpak is the 74th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 319 residents. Its 59.31 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 903.

Getting to Garpak

Garpak is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garpak 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 Garpak from other places

Garpak lies about 56 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 154 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 Garpak
Tehsil headquarters	Joshimath	29 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	56 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	112 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	154 km

Villages closest to Garpak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garpak village had a population of 66. That makes it the 74th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 319 residents.

Garpak village has 40 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garpak has about 650 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Garpak is 246423. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garpak covers 59.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garpak falls under Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Garpak is Kathgodam, about 154 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 Garpak.

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

Garpak is in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district. Joshimath is about 29 km away. Chamoli is about 56 km away. Srīnagar is about 112 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.