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About Garat Village

Garat is a small village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 205 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garat village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Chiniyalisaur
Pincode 249152
Area (hectares) 211.59 hectares
Population 413
Male Population 205
Female Population 208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garat compares

By the 2011 count Garat is the 42nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 211.59 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Garat

Garat is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Garat as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are F 1, Gadoli, Gadwalgad and Gailari. 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 Garat

As per the Census of India 2011, Garat village had a population of 413. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Garat village has 205 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garat has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Garat is 249152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garat covers 211.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garat falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Garat.

Garat is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi 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 Garat today is likely to be higher.

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