About Garhai Village

Garhai is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 55 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhai village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171207
Area (hectares)	37.93 hectares
Population	115
Male Population	55
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,091
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhai compares

By the 2011 count Garhai is the 92nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 37.93 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Garhai

Garhai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garhai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garhai from other places

Garhai lies about 49 km from Shimla. 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 Garhai
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	9.3 km
District headquarters	Shimla	49 km

Villages closest to Garhai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhai village had a population of 115. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Garhai village has 55 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhai has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Garhai is 171207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhai covers 37.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhai falls under Rohru tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Garhai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Garhai is about 49 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhai is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 9.3 km away. Shimla is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.