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About Gargawan Village

Gargawan is a mid sized village in Kalpi tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 726, made up of 416 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 745 females per 1000 males. The village covers 670.96 hectares hectares.

Gargawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gargawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Kalpi
Area (hectares) 670.96 hectares
Population 726
Male Population 416
Female Population 310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 745
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gargawan compares

By the 2011 count Gargawan is the 147th largest of the 194 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,562 residents. Its 670.96 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 846.

Getting to Gargawan

Gargawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gargawan as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gargawan from other places

Gargawan lies about 30 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Usargaon, about 6.8 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 Gargawan
Nearest railway station Usargaon 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalpi 10 km
Nearest town Kālpi 10 km
District headquarters Jalaun 30 km

Villages closest to Gargawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gargawan village had a population of 726. That makes it the 147th largest of the 194 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,562 residents.

Gargawan village has 416 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gargawan has about 745 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 846.

Gargawan covers 670.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gargawan falls under Kalpi tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gargawan is Usargaon, about 6.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gargawan.

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

Gargawan is in Kalpi tehsil of Jalaun district. Usargaon is about 6.8 km away. Kalpi is about 10 km away. Kālpi is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bairai (3.0 km), Mahewa (3.4 km) and Hathnaura (3.6 km).

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

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