About Garhi Village

Garhi is a large village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,706, made up of 2,035 males and 1,671 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4003 hectares hectares.

Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sheopur
Tehsil	Vijaypur
Area (hectares)	4003 hectares
Population	3,706
Male Population	2,035
Female Population	1,671
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	821
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Garhi is the 7th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 4003 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 846.

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 5 - 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 80 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Bijaipur Road, about 7.6 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 railway station	Bijaipur Road	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijaypur	10 km
Nearest town	Sabalgarh	17 km
District headquarters	Sheopur	80 km

Villages closest to Garhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vijaypur 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 3,706. That makes it the 7th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Garhi village has 2,035 males and 1,671 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 846.

Garhi covers 4003 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garhi falls under Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garhi is Bijaipur Road, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 80 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Bijaipur Road is about 7.6 km away. Vijaypur is about 10 km away. Sabalgarh is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.