About Garkhuwan Village

Garkhuwan is a mid sized village in Bada Malhera tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,293, made up of 683 males and 610 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 528.62 hectares hectares.

Garkhuwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garkhuwan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Bada Malhera
Area (hectares)	528.62 hectares
Population	1,293
Male Population	683
Female Population	610
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garkhuwan compares

By the 2011 count Garkhuwan is the 25th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 528.62 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Garkhuwan

Garkhuwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garkhuwan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Garkhuwan from other places

Garkhuwan lies about 48 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tila, about 26 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 Garkhuwan
Tehsil headquarters	Bada Malhera	5.0 km
Nearest town	Bijāwar	22 km
Nearest railway station	Tila	26 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	48 km

Villages closest to Garkhuwan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bada Malhera 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 Garkhuwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Garkhuwan village had a population of 1,293. That makes it the 25th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Garkhuwan village has 683 males and 610 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garkhuwan has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Garkhuwan covers 528.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garkhuwan falls under Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garkhuwan is Tila, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garkhuwan.

Garkhuwan is about 48 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garkhuwan is in Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bada Malhera is about 5.0 km away. Bijāwar is about 22 km away. Tila is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.