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About Garhi Mahera Village

Garhi Mahera is a large village in Derapur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,040, made up of 1,068 males and 972 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Mahera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi Mahera village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Derapur
Pincode 209302
Area (hectares) 381.36 hectares
Population 2,040
Male Population 1,068
Female Population 972
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 910
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garhi Mahera compares

By the 2011 count Garhi Mahera is the 39th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents. Its 381.36 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Garhi Mahera

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

How far is Garhi Mahera from other places

Garhi Mahera lies about 13 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Jhinjhak, about under 2 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 Mahera
Nearest town Jhīnjhak under 2 km
Nearest railway station Jhinjhak under 2 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Derapur 17 km

Villages closest to Garhi Mahera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi Mahera village had a population of 2,040. That makes it the 39th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents.

Garhi Mahera village has 1,068 males and 972 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi Mahera has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 862.

The pincode recorded for Garhi Mahera is 209302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi Mahera covers 381.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhi Mahera falls under Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garhi Mahera is Jhinjhak, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Garhi Mahera.

Garhi Mahera is about 13 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi Mahera is in Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Jhīnjhak is about under 2 km away. Jhinjhak is about under 2 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhatrasa (2.0 km), Baragaon Gulam Kayum (2.0 km) and Sandupur (2.2 km).

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

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