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About Garhi Balna Village

Garhi Balna is a mid sized village in Hathras tehsil, in the district of Mahamaya Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 392 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.89 hectares hectares.

Garhi Balna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi Balna village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mahamaya Nagar
Tehsil Hathras
Area (hectares) 132.89 hectares
Population 722
Male Population 392
Female Population 330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Garhi Balna compares

By the 2011 count Garhi Balna is the 172nd largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,440 residents. Its 132.89 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Garhi Balna

Garhi Balna is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Garhi Balna as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Garhi Balna from other places

Garhi Balna lies about 20 km from Mahamaya Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Jalesar Road, about 10 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 Balna
Nearest railway station Jalesar Road 10 km
Nearest town Jalesar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Hathras 15 km
District headquarters Mahamaya Nagar 20 km

Villages closest to Garhi Balna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi Balna village had a population of 722. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,440 residents.

Garhi Balna village has 392 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi Balna has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 866.

Garhi Balna covers 132.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhi Balna falls under Hathras tehsil of Mahamaya Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garhi Balna is Jalesar Road, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Garhi Balna.

Garhi Balna is about 20 km from Mahamaya Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi Balna is in Hathras tehsil of Mahamaya Nagar district. Jalesar Road is about 10 km away. Jalesar is about 13 km away. Hathras is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balna (under 2 km), Bhilokhari (under 2 km) and Kharwa (1.8 km).

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

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