About Garhi Village

Garhi is a mid sized village in Poreyahat tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 766, made up of 363 males and 403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Poreyahat
Pincode	814153
Area (hectares)	234 hectares
Population	766
Male Population	363
Female Population	403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,110
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 Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Garhi is the 78th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Garhi

Garhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garhi 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 Garhi from other places

Garhi lies about under 2 km from Godda. 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
District headquarters	Godda	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poreyahat	18 km

Villages closest to Garhi

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Garhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi village had a population of 766. That makes it the 78th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Garhi village has 363 males and 403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Garhi is 814153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhi falls under Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Garhi notes the nearest railway station 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 Garhi.

Garhi is about under 2 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi is in Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district. Godda is about under 2 km away. Poreyahat is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.