# Garetha Village, Pichhore, Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Pichhore, Shivpuri 

# Garetha

Garetha is a village in Pichhore sub-district of Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, PIN code **473995**. The 2011 Census counted **2,717 people in 535 households**, the 23rd largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.5%.

- 2,717people (2011)
- 535households
- 61.2%literacy
- 473995PIN code

## Garetha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Garetha is 473995.** Garetha falls in Pichhore sub-district, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh.

- PIN code473995
- Community development blockKhaniyadhana
- Census village code456251

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Garetha from nearby towns?

- Pichhore (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Shivpuri (district HQ)95 km by road
- Pichhore (nearest town)17 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Garetha?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Garetha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Pichhore
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pichhore
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Khaniyadhana
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Garetha known for?

About 40% of the 1,110 hectares of village land is sown, and 158 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Garetha

Of every 100 households in Garetha in 2011, 5 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garetha · ■ Pichhore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**95%

Tap water ****8%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****21%**

**26%

Television ****10%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**40%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Garetha?

■ Garetha · ■ Pichhore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**58.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**879

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**911

Working population ****58.9%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 44.8% for women. 59% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 776 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 90 (6%) · **■** Marginal 711 (44%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pichhore

- Dhola2,867 people
- Kamalpur2,828 people
- Nand2,759 people
- Nayagaon2,751 people
- Bira2,708 people
- Padora2,699 people
- Chhirwaha2,645 people
- Semri Pichhore2,558 people

[All 186 villages in Pichhore](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/shivpuri/pichhore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Garetha?473995
- How far is Garetha from Shivpuri?95 km by road
- What is the population of Garetha?2,717 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garetha in?Shivpuri district (Pichhore sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Garetha?61.2% (Census 2011)
