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About Garankati Village

Garankati is a small village in Kulpi tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 274, made up of 142 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743348, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garankati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garankati village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Kulpi
Pincode 743348
Area (hectares) 54.52 hectares
Population 274
Male Population 142
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garankati compares

By the 2011 count Garankati is the 151st largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents. Its 54.52 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Garankati

The census records public bus service for Garankati 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garankati from other places

Garankati lies about 22 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Karanjali, about 1.6 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 Garankati
Nearest railway station Karanjali 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Kulpi 4.0 km
Nearest town Haldia 13 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 22 km

Villages closest to Garankati

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

Common questions about Garankati

As per the Census of India 2011, Garankati village had a population of 274. That makes it the 151st largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents.

Garankati village has 142 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garankati has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Garankati is 743348. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garankati covers 54.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garankati falls under Kulpi tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Garankati is Karanjali, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Garankati.

Garankati is about 22 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garankati is in Kulpi tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Karanjali is about 1.6 km away. Kulpi is about 4.0 km away. Haldia is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Dulalpur (under 2 km), Jadabnagar (under 2 km) and Gopinathpur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Garankati today is likely to be higher.

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