About Garau Village

Garau is a small village in Berinag tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 234 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garau village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Berinag
Pincode	262531
Area (hectares)	245.88 hectares
Population	471
Male Population	234
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
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 Garau compares

By the 2011 count Garau is the 20th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 183 residents. Its 245.88 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1140.

Getting to Garau

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

Garau lies about 21 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 55 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 Garau
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	21 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Berinag	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	55 km

Villages closest to Garau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garau village had a population of 471. That makes it the 20th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 183 residents.

Garau village has 234 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garau has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1140.

The pincode recorded for Garau is 262531. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garau covers 245.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garau falls under Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Garau is Kathgodam, about 55 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 Garau.

Garau is about 21 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garau is in Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Pithoragarh is about 21 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 21 km away. Berinag is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.