About Garhwai Village

Garhwai is a large village in Garautha tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,376, made up of 1,258 males and 1,118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 656.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 284202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhwai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhwai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jhansi
Tehsil	Garautha
Pincode	284202
Area (hectares)	656.66 hectares
Population	2,376
Male Population	1,258
Female Population	1,118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
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 Garhwai compares

By the 2011 count Garhwai is the 18th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 656.66 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Garhwai

Garhwai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garhwai 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 Garhwai from other places

Garhwai lies about 69 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Parauna, about 22 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 Garhwai
Nearest town	Gursarāi	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garautha	16 km
Nearest railway station	Parauna	22 km
District headquarters	Jhansi	69 km

Villages closest to Garhwai

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.

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Common questions about Garhwai

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhwai village had a population of 2,376. That makes it the 18th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Garhwai village has 1,258 males and 1,118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhwai has about 889 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 864.

The pincode recorded for Garhwai is 284202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhwai covers 656.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Garhwai is Parauna, about 22 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 Garhwai.

Garhwai is about 69 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhwai is in Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district. Gursarāi is about 8.9 km away. Garautha is about 16 km away. Parauna is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.