About Garhia Village

Garhia is a large village in Kumarkhand tehsil, in the district of Madhepura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,431, made up of 1,300 males and 1,131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248 hectares hectares.

Garhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Madhepura
Tehsil	Kumarkhand
Area (hectares)	248 hectares
Population	2,431
Male Population	1,300
Female Population	1,131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Garhia compares

By the 2011 count Garhia is the 27th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 4,459 residents. Its 248 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Garhia

Garhia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Garhia 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garhia from other places

Garhia lies about 23 km from Madhepura, and the nearest railway station is Murliganj, about 14 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 Garhia
Tehsil headquarters	Kumarkhand	11 km
Nearest town	Murlīganj	13 km
Nearest railway station	Murliganj	14 km
District headquarters	Madhepura	23 km

Villages closest to Garhia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhia village had a population of 2,431. That makes it the 27th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,459 residents.

Garhia village has 1,300 males and 1,131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhia has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Garhia covers 248 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Garhia falls under Kumarkhand tehsil of Madhepura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Garhia is Murliganj, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Garhia.

Garhia is about 23 km from Madhepura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhia is in Kumarkhand tehsil of Madhepura district. Kumarkhand is about 11 km away. Murlīganj is about 13 km away. Murliganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.