About Garhi Village

Garhi is a mid sized village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 577, made up of 308 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode	140123
Area (hectares)	151 hectares
Population	577
Male Population	308
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Garhi is the 93rd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 151 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Garhi

Garhi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garhi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 from other places

Garhi lies about 24 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Chatouli, about 16 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 town	Baddi	11 km
Nearest railway station	Chatouli	16 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chamkaur Sahib	32 km

Villages closest to Garhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chamkaur Sahib 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 577. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Garhi village has 308 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Garhi is 140123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi covers 151 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhi falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Garhi is Chatouli, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garhi.

Garhi is about 24 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Baddi is about 11 km away. Chatouli is about 16 km away. Rupnagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.