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About Garerpahar Village

Garerpahar is a small village in Sagardighi tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 88 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garerpahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garerpahar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Sagardighi
Pincode 742122
Area (hectares) 120.46 hectares
Population 180
Male Population 88
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garerpahar compares

By the 2011 count Garerpahar is the 162nd largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents. Its 120.46 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Garerpahar

Garerpahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garerpahar as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Fulbari, Fulsahari, Ganeshbati Chak and Gangadda. 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 Garerpahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Garerpahar village had a population of 180. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents.

Garerpahar village has 88 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garerpahar has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Garerpahar is 742122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garerpahar covers 120.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garerpahar falls under Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The census record for Garerpahar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garerpahar.

Garerpahar is in Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad 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 Garerpahar today is likely to be higher.

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