About Garha Village

Garha is a large village in Bara tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,680, made up of 1,377 males and 1,303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 503.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 212108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Bara
Pincode	212108
Area (hectares)	503.06 hectares
Population	2,680
Male Population	1,377
Female Population	1,303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garha compares

By the 2011 count Garha is the 19th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 503.06 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 Garha

Garha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garha as Available. 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 Garha from other places

Garha lies about 37 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Shankargarh, about under 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 Garha
Nearest railway station	Shankargarh	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bara	13 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	37 km
Nearest town	Prayagraj	37 km

Villages closest to Garha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garha village had a population of 2,680. That makes it the 19th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Garha village has 1,377 males and 1,303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garha has about 946 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 Garha is 212108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garha covers 503.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garha falls under Bara tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garha is Shankargarh, about under 2 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Garha.

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

Garha is in Bara tehsil of Allahabad district. Shankargarh is about under 2 km away. Bara is about 13 km away. Allahabad is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.