About Garainagar Village

Garainagar is a mid sized village in Haroa tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 534 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garainagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garainagar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Haroa
Pincode	743425
Area (hectares)	47.75 hectares
Population	1,010
Male Population	534
Female Population	476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garainagar compares

By the 2011 count Garainagar is the 67th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents. Its 47.75 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Garainagar

Garainagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garainagar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Garainagar from other places

Garainagar lies about 46 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Baranagar, about under 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 Garainagar
Nearest railway station	Baranagar	under 2 km
Nearest town	Chakapara	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haroa	31 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	46 km

Villages closest to Garainagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garainagar village had a population of 1,010. That makes it the 67th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents.

Garainagar village has 534 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garainagar has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Garainagar is 743425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garainagar covers 47.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Garainagar falls under Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Garainagar is Baranagar, about under 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Garainagar.

Garainagar is about 46 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garainagar is in Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Baranagar is about under 2 km away. Chakapara is about 3.1 km away. Haroa is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.