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About Pahara Village

Pahara is a mid sized village in Garautha tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 534, made up of 312 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 712 females per 1000 males. The village covers 632.23 hectares hectares.

Pahara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pahara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jhansi
Tehsil Garautha
Area (hectares) 632.23 hectares
Population 534
Male Population 312
Female Population 222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 712
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pahara compares

By the 2011 count Pahara is the 106th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 632.23 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 864.

Getting to Pahara

Pahara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pahara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Pahara from other places

Pahara lies about 78 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Ait Junction, about 17 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 Pahara
Nearest railway station Ait Junction 17 km
Nearest town Gursarāi 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Garautha 21 km
District headquarters Jhansi 78 km

Villages closest to Pahara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pahara village had a population of 534. That makes it the 106th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Pahara village has 312 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pahara has about 712 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Pahara covers 632.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pahara falls under Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pahara is Ait Junction, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pahara.

Pahara is about 78 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pahara is in Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district. Ait Junction is about 17 km away. Gursarāi is about 19 km away. Garautha is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khama (2.5 km), Dhanaura (3.5 km) and Behatar (4.7 km).

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

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