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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Garhani
| other_name = Garhāni
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
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| image_map = Garhani block map.png
| map_caption = Map of Garhani block
| pushpin_map = India Bihar#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India
| coordinates = {{coord|25.40726|N|84.55539|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="Geonames">{{Cite web|url=https://www.geonames.org/1271561/garhani.html|title=Geonames.org. ''Garhāni''|accessdate=20 August 2020}}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bhojpur District, Bihar|Bhojpur]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 0.170
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="Geonames"/>
| elevation_m = 72
| population_total = 5597<ref name="Census 2011"/>
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bhojpuri]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 802203<ref name="Census 2011"/>
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'''Garhani''' is a village and corresponding [[community development block]] in [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur district]] of [[Bihar]], [[India]]. As of 2011, its population was 5,597, in 959 households. The total block population was 103,262, in 16,427 households.<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Bihar District Census Handbook - Bhojpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=27-94, 604-627 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/BiharA.html |website=Census 2011 India|accessdate=20 August 2020}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
Garhani is a rural block, with no major urban centres. Its [[sex ratio]] was 919 as of 2011, compared to the state and district ratios of 918 and 907, respectively. The sex ratio was higher among the 0-6 age group, with 923 females for every 1000 males. Members of [[scheduled castes]] made up 17.55% of block residents, and members of [[scheduled tribes]] made up 0.03%. Garhani block's [[literacy rate]] was 66.77%, which was slightly below the district rate of 69.16%. Literacy was higher in men (79.14%) than in women (53.3%); the corresponding gender gap of 25.84% was marginally higher than that of the district as a whole (25.45%).<ref name="Census 2011"/>

Most workers in Garhani block were employed in [[agriculture]] in 2011, with 25.70% being cultivators who owned or leased their own land, and a further 54.20% were agricultural labourers who worked another person's land for wages. An additional 3.13% were household industry workers, and the remaining 16.97% were other workers.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== Villages ==
Garhani block contains the following 51 villages:<ref name="Census 2011"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Village name
! Total land area (hectares)
! Population (in 2011)
|-
| Bhatauli || 53 || 0
|-
| Dolaur Dehri || 56 || 0
|-
| Akrahi || 49 || 0
|-
| Dhokraha || 30 || 0
|-
| [[Deodhi, Bhojpur|Deodhi]] || 169 || 1,403
|-
| [[Garhani Taluk]] || 339 || 5,361
|-
| [[Balbandh, Bhojpur|Balbandh]] || 291 || 2,619
|-
| [[Bahri, Bhojpur|Bahri]] || 236 || 1,712
|-
| [[Karnaul, Bhojpur|Karnaul]] || 248 || 1,553
|-
| [[Chandi, Garhani|Chandi]] || 152 || 1,539
|-
| [[Mukundpur, Bhojpur|Mukundpur]] || 43 || 287
|-
| [[Bardiha, Garhani|Bardiha]] || 140 || 1,350
|-
| [[Harpur, Garhani|Harpur]] || 72 || 1,933
|-
| Lakarsen || 25 || 0
|-
| [[Sohari, Bhojpur|Sohari]] || 61 || 1,008
|-
| [[Kaup, Bhojpur|Kaup]] || 557 || 4,958
|-
| [[Pathar, Bhojpur|Pathar]] || 110 || 976
|-
| [[Dhandhauli, Bhojpur|Dhandhauli]] || 122 || 904
|-
| '''Garhani''' (block headquarters) || 170 || 5,597
|-
| [[Pararia, Garhani|Pararia]] || 141 || 1,808
|-
| [[Dularpur, Bhojpur|Dularpur]] || 131 || 1,463
|-
| [[Pipra, Garhani|Pipra]] || 201 || 1,944
|-
| [[Kurkuri, Bhojpur|Kurkuri]] || 281 || 3,562
|-
| [[Dubauli, Garhani|Dubauli]] || 76 || 1,017
|-
| [[Labhuani, Bhojpur|Labhuani]] || 158 || 1,246
|-
| [[Rampur, Garhani|Rampur]] || 257 || 3,170
|-
| [[Sikti, Bhojpur|Sikti]] || 100 || 989
|-
| [[Bagwa, Bhojpur|Bagwa]] || 398 || 4,084
|-
| [[Dhamanian, Bhojpur|Dhamanian]] || 271 || 2,837
|-
| [[Baraura, Garhani|Baraura]] || 271 || 2,159
|-
| [[Chaiyan Chak, Bhojpur|Chaiyan Chak]] || 35 || 1,646
|-
| [[Deopur, Bhojpur|Deopur]] || 40 || 179
|-
| [[Suari, Bhojpur|Suari]] || 94 || 1,352
|-
| [[Dehri, Garhani|Dehri]] || 29 || 218
|-
| [[Shivpur, Garhani|Shivpur]] || 155 || 1,551
|-
| [[Bahadurpur, Garhani|Bahadurpur]] || 168 || 1,099
|-
| [[Paharpur, Garhani|Paharpur]] || 203 || 2,476
|-
| [[Gaura, Garhani|Gaura]] || 91 || 871
|-
| [[Sikaria, Garhani|Sikaria]] || 88 || 1,413
|-
| [[Manduri, Bhojpur|Manduri]] || 68 || 880
|-
| [[Mandura, Bhojpur|Mandura]] || 304 || 1,726
|-
| [[Baligaon, Bhojpur|Baligaon]] || 1,681 || 13,976
|-
| [[Tenduni, Garhani|Tenduni]] || 96 || 866
|-
| [[Ratanpur, Garhani|Ratanpur]] || 89 || 943
|-
| [[Sihar, Bhojpur]] || 201 || 1,091
|-
| [[Hadia Bad, Bhojpur|Hadia Bad]] || 282 || 1,819
|-
| [[Morasiya, Bhojpur|Morasia]] || 206 || 1,796
|-
| [[Bhinrari, Bhojpur|Bhinrari]] || 298 || 1,584
|-
| [[Suaraha, Bhojpur|Suaraha]] || 53 || 0
|-
| [[Ichari, Bhojpur|Ichari]] || 702 || 3,835
|-
| [[Sahangi, Bhojpur|Sahangi]] || 399 || 3,182
|-
| [[Azam Nagar, Bhojpur|Azam Nagar]] || 113 || 911
|-
| [[Ram Dihra, Garhani|Ram Dihra]] || 110 || 693
|-
| [[Barap, Bhojpur|Barap]] || 488 || 3,676
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Villages in Bhojpur district, India]]

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