About Garh Village

Garh is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,317, made up of 633 males and 684 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177007
Area (hectares)	195.6 hectares
Population	1,317
Male Population	633
Female Population	684
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garh compares

By the 2011 count Garh is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 195.6 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Garh

Garh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garh as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Garh from other places

Garh lies about 30 km from Kangra, 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 Garh
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Chintpurni Marg	20 km
District headquarters	Kangra	30 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	34 km

Villages closest to Garh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Garh village had a population of 1,317. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Garh village has 633 males and 684 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garh has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Garh is 177007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garh covers 195.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Garh falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garh 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 village for Garh.

Garh is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garh is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 5.8 km away. Chintpurni Marg is about 20 km away. Kangra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.