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About Garhi Village

Garhi is a mid sized village in Tarabganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,864, made up of 1,006 males and 858 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1039.75 hectares hectares.

Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Tarabganj
Area (hectares) 1039.75 hectares
Population 1,864
Male Population 1,006
Female Population 858
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 853
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Garhi is the 142nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,094 residents. Its 1039.75 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Garhi

Garhi 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 Garhi 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 Garhi from other places

Garhi lies about 17 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Motiganj, about 14 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
Tehsil headquarters Tarabganj 5.7 km
Nearest railway station Motiganj 14 km
District headquarters Gonda 17 km
Nearest town Gondā City 17 km

Villages closest to Garhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tarabganj 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 1,864. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,094 residents.

Garhi village has 1,006 males and 858 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Garhi covers 1039.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garhi falls under Tarabganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garhi is Motiganj, about 14 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 Garhi.

Garhi is about 17 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi is in Tarabganj tehsil of Gonda district. Tarabganj is about 5.7 km away. Motiganj is about 14 km away. Gonda is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khudepur (2.2 km), Chandipur (2.3 km) and Kashipur (2.6 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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