About Garshan Village

Garshan is a mid sized village in Shikohabad tehsil, in the district of Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,873, made up of 1,024 males and 849 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.35 hectares hectares.

Garshan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garshan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Firozabad
Tehsil	Shikohabad
Area (hectares)	332.35 hectares
Population	1,873
Male Population	1,024
Female Population	849
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	829
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garshan compares

By the 2011 count Garshan is the 103rd largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,886 residents. Its 332.35 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 873.

Getting to Garshan

Garshan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garshan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Garshan from other places

Garshan lies about 32 km from Firozabad, and the nearest railway station is Kaurara, about 6.9 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 Garshan
Nearest railway station	Kaurara	6.9 km
Nearest town	Sirsāganj	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikohabad	16 km
District headquarters	Firozabad	32 km

Villages closest to Garshan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garshan village had a population of 1,873. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,886 residents.

Garshan village has 1,024 males and 849 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garshan has about 829 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 873.

Garshan covers 332.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garshan falls under Shikohabad tehsil of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garshan is Kaurara, about 6.9 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Garshan.

Garshan is about 32 km from Firozabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garshan is in Shikohabad tehsil of Firozabad district. Kaurara is about 6.9 km away. Sirsāganj is about 11 km away. Shikohabad is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.