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About Garhi Village

Garhi is a mid sized village in Bilhaur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 911, made up of 482 males and 429 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.95 hectares hectares.

Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil Bilhaur
Area (hectares) 162.95 hectares
Population 911
Male Population 482
Female Population 429
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Garhi is the 195th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents. Its 162.95 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 868.

Getting to Garhi

Garhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garhi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Garhi from other places

Garhi lies about 47 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Bilhaur, about 9.1 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
Nearest railway station Bilhaur 9.1 km
Nearest town Kannauj 24 km
District headquarters Kanpur Nagar 47 km

Villages closest to Garhi

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 Garhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi village had a population of 911. That makes it the 195th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents.

Garhi village has 482 males and 429 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi has about 890 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 868.

Garhi covers 162.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Garhi is Bilhaur, about 9.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Garhi.

Garhi is about 47 km from Kanpur Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi is in Bilhaur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Bilhaur is about 9.1 km away. Kannauj is about 24 km away. Kanpur Nagar is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahampur Parduman Urf Garhi (under 2 km), Bhavanipur (under 2 km) and Dalelpur (under 2 km).

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

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