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About Garh Village

Garh is a small village in Bilhaur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 276, made up of 144 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.72 hectares hectares.

Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garh village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil Bilhaur
Area (hectares) 103.72 hectares
Population 276
Male Population 144
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garh compares

By the 2011 count Garh is the 330th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents. Its 103.72 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 868.

Getting to Garh

The census records public bus service for Garh as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garh from other places

Garh lies about 26 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Patra, about 14 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 Garh
Nearest railway station Patra 14 km
Nearest town Jhīnjhak 24 km
District headquarters Kanpur Nagar 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Bilhaur 28 km

Villages closest to Garh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garh village had a population of 276. That makes it the 330th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents.

Garh village has 144 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garh has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 868.

Garh covers 103.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garh falls under Bilhaur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garh is Patra, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Garh.

Garh is about 26 km from Kanpur Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garh is in Bilhaur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Patra is about 14 km away. Jhīnjhak is about 24 km away. Kanpur Nagar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bachipur (5.6 km), Kanjati (7.7 km) and Bhiti (8.1 km).

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

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