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About Garhi Village

Garhi is a mid sized village in Mandawar tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,015, made up of 532 males and 483 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301407, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Mandawar
Pincode 301407
Area (hectares) 170 hectares
Population 1,015
Male Population 532
Female Population 483
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Garhi is the 100th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 907.

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 <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 43 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Mandawar Mahwa 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 Mandawar Mahwa Road 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandawar 15 km
Nearest town Rājgarh 19 km
District headquarters Alwar 43 km

Villages closest to Garhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mandawar 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 1,015. That makes it the 100th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents.

Garhi village has 532 males and 483 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Garhi is 301407. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhi falls under Mandawar tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Garhi is Mandawar Mahwa Road, about 7.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garhi.

Garhi is about 43 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi is in Mandawar tehsil of Alwar district. Mandawar Mahwa Road is about 7.6 km away. Mandawar is about 15 km away. Rājgarh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mundiya Khera (2.2 km), Chandpur (2.8 km) and Ramsinghpura (3.4 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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