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About Garethi Village

Garethi is a mid sized village in Sailana tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 238 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.67 hectares hectares.

Garethi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garethi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Sailana
Area (hectares) 120.67 hectares
Population 500
Male Population 238
Female Population 262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,101
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garethi compares

By the 2011 count Garethi is the 80th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 509 residents. Its 120.67 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Garethi

Garethi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Garethi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garethi from other places

Garethi lies about 31 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Namli, about 28 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 Garethi
Tehsil headquarters Sailana 13 km
Nearest railway station Namli 28 km
District headquarters Ratlam 31 km
Nearest town Ratlām 31 km

Villages closest to Garethi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garethi village had a population of 500. That makes it the 80th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 509 residents.

Garethi village has 238 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garethi has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Garethi covers 120.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garethi falls under Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garethi is Namli, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Garethi.

Garethi is about 31 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garethi is in Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district. Sailana is about 13 km away. Namli is about 28 km away. Ratlam is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolpura (under 2 km), Salrapada (under 2 km) and Padav (1.6 km).

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

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