About Sher Garhi Village

Sher Garhi is a mid sized village in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil, in the district of Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,150, made up of 608 males and 542 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 450.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sher Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sher Garhi village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Reasi
Tehsil	Gool Gulabgarh
Pincode	182315
Area (hectares)	450.8 hectares
Population	1,150
Male Population	608
Female Population	542
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sher Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Sher Garhi is the 40th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents. Its 450.8 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Sher Garhi

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

Sher Garhi lies about 37 km from Reasi, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 32 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 Sher Garhi
Tehsil headquarters	Gool Gulabgarh	17 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	32 km
District headquarters	Reasi	37 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	38 km

Villages closest to Sher Garhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sher Garhi village had a population of 1,150. That makes it the 40th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Sher Garhi village has 608 males and 542 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sher Garhi has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Sher Garhi is 182315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sher Garhi covers 450.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sher Garhi falls under Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sher Garhi is Dugga, about 32 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 Sher Garhi.

Sher Garhi is about 37 km from Reasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sher Garhi is in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district. Gool Gulabgarh is about 17 km away. Dugga is about 32 km away. Reasi is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.