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About Garaghanpur Village

Garaghanpur is a mid sized village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,243, made up of 627 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.95 hectares hectares.

Garaghanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garaghanpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Handia
Area (hectares) 89.95 hectares
Population 1,243
Male Population 627
Female Population 616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 982
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Garaghanpur compares

By the 2011 count Garaghanpur is the 280th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 89.95 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Garaghanpur

Garaghanpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Garaghanpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garaghanpur from other places

Garaghanpur lies about 30 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Saidabad, about 8.0 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 Garaghanpur
Nearest railway station Saidabad 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Handia 10 km
Nearest town Phulpur 27 km
District headquarters Allahabad 30 km

Villages closest to Garaghanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garaghanpur village had a population of 1,243. That makes it the 280th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Garaghanpur village has 627 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garaghanpur has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Garaghanpur covers 89.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Garaghanpur falls under Handia tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garaghanpur is Saidabad, about 8.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Garaghanpur.

Garaghanpur is about 30 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garaghanpur is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Saidabad is about 8.0 km away. Handia is about 10 km away. Phulpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garhawa (under 2 km), Nawada Wasana (under 2 km) and Pura Khudi (1.5 km).

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

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