About Garhi Mahansingh Village

Garhi Mahansingh is a mid sized village in Phillaur tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,231, made up of 596 males and 635 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Mahansingh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi Mahansingh village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Pincode	144416
Area (hectares)	238 hectares
Population	1,231
Male Population	596
Female Population	635
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garhi Mahansingh compares

By the 2011 count Garhi Mahansingh is the 88th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents. Its 238 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Garhi Mahansingh

Garhi Mahansingh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garhi Mahansingh as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Mahansingh from other places

Garhi Mahansingh lies about 37 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Bahram, about 9.4 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 Mahansingh
Nearest railway station	Bahram	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phillaur	13 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	37 km

Villages closest to Garhi Mahansingh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi Mahansingh village had a population of 1,231. That makes it the 88th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents.

Garhi Mahansingh village has 596 males and 635 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi Mahansingh has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Garhi Mahansingh is 144416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi Mahansingh covers 238 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhi Mahansingh falls under Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Garhi Mahansingh is Bahram, about 9.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Garhi Mahansingh.

Garhi Mahansingh is about 37 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi Mahansingh is in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district. Bahram is about 9.4 km away. Phillaur is about 13 km away. Jalandhar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.