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About Garhi Village

Garhi is a mid sized village in Shikohabad tehsil, in the district of Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,676, made up of 887 males and 789 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.96 hectares hectares.

Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Firozabad
Tehsil Shikohabad
Area (hectares) 179.96 hectares
Population 1,676
Male Population 887
Female Population 789
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Garhi is the 117th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,886 residents. Its 179.96 hectares work out to about 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Garhi

Garhi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Garhi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 8.9 km from Firozabad, and the nearest railway station is Makkhanpur, 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 Garhi
Nearest railway station Makkhanpur under 2 km
District headquarters Firozabad 8.9 km
Nearest town Fīrozābād 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Shikohabad 11 km

Villages closest to Garhi

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.

Common questions about Garhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi village had a population of 1,676. That makes it the 117th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,886 residents.

Garhi village has 887 males and 789 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 873.

Garhi covers 179.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Garhi is Makkhanpur, about under 2 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 <5 km distance for Garhi.

Garhi is about 8.9 km from Firozabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi is in Shikohabad tehsil of Firozabad district. Makkhanpur is about under 2 km away. Firozabad is about 8.9 km away. Fīrozābād is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sekhupur Garhi (under 2 km), Makhanpur (under 2 km) and Ishakpur (under 2 km).

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

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