About Garhi Village

Garhi is a large village in Thanagazi tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,433, made up of 2,386 males and 2,047 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 929 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301024, 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	Thanagazi
Pincode	301024
Area (hectares)	929 hectares
Population	4,433
Male Population	2,386
Female Population	2,047
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
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 among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,432 residents. Its 929 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Garhi

Garhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garhi as Available within village. 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 23 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Ootwar, about 10 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	Ootwar	10 km
Nearest town	Fīrozpur Jhirka	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanagazi	23 km
District headquarters	Alwar	23 km

Villages closest to Garhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thanagazi 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 4,433. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,432 residents.

Garhi village has 2,386 males and 2,047 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Garhi is 301024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi covers 929 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhi falls under Thanagazi tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Garhi is Ootwar, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance for Garhi.

Garhi is about 23 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 Thanagazi tehsil of Alwar district. Ootwar is about 10 km away. Fīrozpur Jhirka is about 18 km away. Thanagazi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.