About Garha Village

Garha is a large village in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,391, made up of 1,331 males and 1,060 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 796 females per 1000 males. The village covers 814.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garha village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Maudaha
Pincode	210507
Area (hectares)	814.38 hectares
Population	2,391
Male Population	1,331
Female Population	1,060
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	796
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garha compares

By the 2011 count Garha is the 47th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 814.38 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Garha

Garha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garha from other places

Garha lies about 33 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Chintpurni Marg, about 20 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 Garha
Nearest railway station	Chintpurni Marg	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maudaha	33 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	33 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	34 km

Villages closest to Garha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garha village had a population of 2,391. That makes it the 47th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Garha village has 1,331 males and 1,060 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garha has about 796 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 859.

The pincode recorded for Garha is 210507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garha covers 814.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garha falls under Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garha is Chintpurni Marg, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Garha.

Garha is about 33 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garha is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. Chintpurni Marg is about 20 km away. Maudaha is about 33 km away. Hamirpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.