About Garh Village

Garh is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17, made up of 8 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249199, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249199
Area (hectares)	106.34 hectares
Population	17
Male Population	8
Female Population	9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,125
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 Garh compares

By the 2011 count Garh is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 106.34 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Garh

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

Garh lies about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 47 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
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	11 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	11 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	47 km

Villages closest to Garh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garh village had a population of 17. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Garh village has 8 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garh has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Garh is 249199. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garh covers 106.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garh falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Garh is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Garh.

Garh is about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garh is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 11 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 11 km away. Rishikesh is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.