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About Pharakana Gangagarhi Village

Pharakana Gangagarhi is a large village in Khurja tehsil, in the district of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,962, made up of 2,094 males and 1,868 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.73 hectares hectares.

Pharakana Gangagarhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pharakana Gangagarhi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bulandshahr
Tehsil Khurja
Area (hectares) 412.73 hectares
Population 3,962
Male Population 2,094
Female Population 1,868
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pharakana Gangagarhi compares

By the 2011 count Pharakana Gangagarhi is the 12th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 412.73 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Pharakana Gangagarhi

Pharakana Gangagarhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pharakana Gangagarhi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Pharakana Gangagarhi from other places

Pharakana Gangagarhi lies about 27 km from Bulandshahr, and the nearest railway station is Danwar, about 11 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 Pharakana Gangagarhi
Nearest railway station Danwar 11 km
Nearest town Shikārpūr 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Khurja 14 km
District headquarters Bulandshahr 27 km

Villages closest to Pharakana Gangagarhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khurja 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 Pharakana Gangagarhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Pharakana Gangagarhi village had a population of 3,962. That makes it the 12th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Pharakana Gangagarhi village has 2,094 males and 1,868 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pharakana Gangagarhi has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Pharakana Gangagarhi covers 412.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Pharakana Gangagarhi falls under Khurja tehsil of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pharakana Gangagarhi is Danwar, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pharakana Gangagarhi.

Pharakana Gangagarhi is about 27 km from Bulandshahr in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pharakana Gangagarhi is in Khurja tehsil of Bulandshahr district. Danwar is about 11 km away. Shikārpūr is about 11 km away. Khurja is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagalia Takkar (2.3 km), Gangavali (2.3 km) and Hirapur Nagla Jagat (2.3 km).

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

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