About Garhawa Village

Garhawa is a mid sized village in Marihan tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,717, made up of 877 males and 840 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1748 hectares hectares.

Garhawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhawa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Marihan
Area (hectares)	1748 hectares
Population	1,717
Male Population	877
Female Population	840
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
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 Garhawa compares

By the 2011 count Garhawa is the 42nd largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 1748 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Garhawa

Garhawa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garhawa 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 Garhawa from other places

Garhawa lies about 46 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 5.6 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 Garhawa
Nearest railway station	Lusa	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marihan	22 km
Nearest town	Ahraura	24 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	46 km

Villages closest to Garhawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhawa village had a population of 1,717. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Garhawa village has 877 males and 840 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhawa has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 918.

Garhawa covers 1748 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garhawa falls under Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garhawa is Lusa, about 5.6 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 Garhawa.

Garhawa is about 46 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhawa is in Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district. Lusa is about 5.6 km away. Marihan is about 22 km away. Ahraura is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.