About Garhi Village

Garhi is a small village in Baroh tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 67 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,224 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176037, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baroh
Pincode	176037
Area (hectares)	144.17 hectares
Population	149
Male Population	67
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,224
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Garhi is the 78th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 159 residents. Its 144.17 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Garhi

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

Garhi lies about 14 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 13 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 Garhi
Nearest town	Dharamsala	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baroh	33 km

Villages closest to Garhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi village had a population of 149. That makes it the 78th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 159 residents.

Garhi village has 67 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi has about 1224 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Garhi is 176037. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi covers 144.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garhi falls under Baroh tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garhi is Kangra Mandir, about 13 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 Garhi.

Garhi is about 14 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi is in Baroh tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 3.8 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.