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About Gaharwar Village

Gaharwar is a large village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,160, made up of 1,696 males and 1,464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2402.83 hectares hectares.

Gaharwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaharwar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 2402.83 hectares
Population 3,160
Male Population 1,696
Female Population 1,464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaharwar compares

By the 2011 count Gaharwar is the 15th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 2402.83 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Gaharwar

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

Gaharwar lies about 18 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ishanagar, about 2.8 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 Gaharwar
Nearest railway station Ishanagar 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 18 km

Villages closest to Gaharwar

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

Common questions about Gaharwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaharwar village had a population of 3,160. That makes it the 15th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Gaharwar village has 1,696 males and 1,464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaharwar has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Gaharwar covers 2402.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaharwar falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gaharwar is Ishanagar, about 2.8 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 Gaharwar.

Gaharwar is about 18 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaharwar is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Ishanagar is about 2.8 km away. Chhatarpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Niwariya (2.9 km), Pahadgaon (3.6 km) and Isha Nagar (3.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gaharwar today is likely to be higher.

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