About Girthan Village

Girthan is a mid sized village in Orai tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,343, made up of 723 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 661.01 hectares hectares.

Girthan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girthan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jalaun
Tehsil	Orai
Area (hectares)	661.01 hectares
Population	1,343
Male Population	723
Female Population	620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Girthan compares

By the 2011 count Girthan is the 57th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents. Its 661.01 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Girthan

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

Girthan lies about 25 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Bhua, about 3.8 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 Girthan
Nearest railway station	Bhua	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Orai	15 km
District headquarters	Jalaun	25 km

Villages closest to Girthan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Girthan village had a population of 1,343. That makes it the 57th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents.

Girthan village has 723 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girthan has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Girthan covers 661.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Girthan falls under Orai tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Girthan is Bhua, about 3.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Girthan.

Girthan is about 25 km from Jalaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girthan is in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district. Bhua is about 3.8 km away. Orai is about 15 km away. Jalaun is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.