About Garh Village

Garh is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 332, made up of 179 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249171, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249171
Area (hectares)	201.15 hectares
Population	332
Male Population	179
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garh compares

By the 2011 count Garh is the 71st largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 201.15 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Garh

Garh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garh 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 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 10 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 56 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
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	14 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	41 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	56 km

Villages closest to Garh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajgarhi 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 332. That makes it the 71st largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Garh village has 179 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garh has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Garh is 249171. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garh covers 201.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garh falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Garh is Dehradun, about 56 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Garh.

Garh is about 10 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garh is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 10 km away. Rajgarhi is about 14 km away. Mussoorie is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.