About Ghonta Village

Ghonta is a mid sized village in Goh tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,626, made up of 879 males and 747 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghonta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghonta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Goh
Pincode	824205
Area (hectares)	429 hectares
Population	1,626
Male Population	879
Female Population	747
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghonta compares

By the 2011 count Ghonta is the 37th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,462 residents. Its 429 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Ghonta

Ghonta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghonta as Available within 5 - 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghonta from other places

Ghonta lies about 29 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Rafiganj, about 8.8 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 Ghonta
Nearest railway station	Rafiganj	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goh	11 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	29 km

Villages closest to Ghonta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghonta village had a population of 1,626. That makes it the 37th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,462 residents.

Ghonta village has 879 males and 747 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghonta has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Ghonta is 824205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghonta covers 429 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghonta falls under Goh tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ghonta is Rafiganj, about 8.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ghonta.

Ghonta is about 29 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghonta is in Goh tehsil of Aurangabad district. Rafiganj is about 8.8 km away. Goh is about 11 km away. Aurangabad is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.