About Garwa Village

Garwa is a small village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 91 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.55 hectares hectares.

Garwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Area (hectares)	87.55 hectares
Population	179
Male Population	91
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garwa compares

By the 2011 count Garwa is the 289th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 87.55 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Garwa

Garwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garwa as Available within 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 Garwa from other places

Garwa lies about 19 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, about 17 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 Garwa
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	13 km
Nearest railway station	Khairahi	17 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	19 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	19 km

Villages closest to Garwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garwa village had a population of 179. That makes it the 289th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Garwa village has 91 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garwa has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Garwa covers 87.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garwa falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garwa is Khairahi, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garwa.

Garwa is about 19 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garwa is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 13 km away. Khairahi is about 17 km away. Sonbhadra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.