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About Garhi Village

Garhi is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,331, made up of 643 males and 688 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144527
Area (hectares) 150 hectares
Population 1,331
Male Population 643
Female Population 688
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,070
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Garhi is the 74th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 150 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Garhi

Garhi 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 Garhi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Garhi from other places

Garhi lies about 60 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 4.2 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 Rahon 4.2 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 22 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 60 km

Villages closest to Garhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi village had a population of 1,331. That makes it the 74th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Garhi village has 643 males and 688 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Garhi is 144527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi covers 150 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Garhi falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Garhi is Rahon, about 4.2 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 <5 km distance for Garhi.

Garhi is about 60 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Rahon is about 4.2 km away. Nawanshahr is about 11 km away. Garhshankar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darapur (3.0 km), Saidpur (3.4 km) and Salempur (5.4 km).

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

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