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About Garhi Bet Village

Garhi Bet is a mid sized village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 819, made up of 426 males and 393 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Bet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi Bet village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Samrala
Pincode 141115
Area (hectares) 196 hectares
Population 819
Male Population 426
Female Population 393
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhi Bet compares

By the 2011 count Garhi Bet is the 88th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 196 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Garhi Bet

Garhi Bet is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garhi Bet 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garhi Bet from other places

Garhi Bet lies about 28 km from Ludhiana, 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 Bet
Nearest railway station Rahon 4.2 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Samrala 22 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 28 km

Villages closest to Garhi Bet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi Bet village had a population of 819. That makes it the 88th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Garhi Bet village has 426 males and 393 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi Bet has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Garhi Bet is 141115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi Bet covers 196 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhi Bet falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Garhi Bet is Rahon, about 4.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Garhi Bet.

Garhi Bet is about 28 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi Bet is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Rahon is about 4.2 km away. Nawanshahr is about 11 km away. Samrala 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 Mand Udhowal (under 2 km), Udhowal Khurd (under 2 km) and Sainsowal Khurd (6.6 km).

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

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