About Garhi Village

Garhi is a large village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,777, made up of 1,885 males and 1,892 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 996.15 hectares hectares.

Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	996.15 hectares
Population	3,777
Male Population	1,885
Female Population	1,892
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Garhi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 996.15 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

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 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 76 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 53 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	Malajkhand	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	28 km
Nearest railway station	Bamhani Banjar	53 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	76 km

Villages closest to Garhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baihar 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 3,777. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Garhi village has 1,885 males and 1,892 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Garhi covers 996.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhi falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garhi is Bamhani Banjar, about 53 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Garhi.

Garhi is about 76 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 20 km away. Baihar is about 28 km away. Bamhani Banjar is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.