Garpit observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Garpit ranks #59 of 121 villages in Karanja mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Garpit is a village of 608 people in 138 households (Census 2011) in Karanja taluka, Wardha district, Maharashtra, the 59th-largest of 121 villages in Karanja taluka. Literacy is 73%, 3 points below the taluka average of 76% and the sex ratio is 980 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Wardha district centre, 28 km from Kondhali, the nearest town, 18 km from Arvi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442203, served by Karanja (Wardha) post office; the LGD village code is 533602. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kalambe Hospital, 11 km away. The village votes in Arvi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sumit Wankhede. The population is estimated at 717 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Garpit →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Reported by Lawtext.
Reported by Deccan Herald.
Reported by Lawtext.
No people on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first peopleNo jobs on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first jobRecent reporting about this district and state, from the press. Headlines link to the publisher.
No photos on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first photoAnswers are auto-built from the village's verified record. If something is wrong, residents can correct it after claiming the village.