About Ghonghadabar Village

Ghonghadabar is a mid sized village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 536, made up of 268 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251 hectares hectares.

Ghonghadabar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghonghadabar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Chanan
Area (hectares)	251 hectares
Population	536
Male Population	268
Female Population	268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Ghonghadabar compares

By the 2011 count Ghonghadabar is the 93rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 251 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Ghonghadabar

Ghonghadabar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ghonghadabar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghonghadabar from other places

Ghonghadabar lies about 76 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Chedhabanni Halt, about 5.0 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 Ghonghadabar
Nearest railway station	Chedhabanni Halt	5.0 km
Nearest town	Gogri Jamālpur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanan	26 km
District headquarters	Banka	76 km

Villages closest to Ghonghadabar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghonghadabar village had a population of 536. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Ghonghadabar village has 268 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghonghadabar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Ghonghadabar covers 251 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghonghadabar falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ghonghadabar is Chedhabanni Halt, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ghonghadabar.

Ghonghadabar is about 76 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghonghadabar is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Chedhabanni Halt is about 5.0 km away. Gogri Jamālpur is about 12 km away. Chanan is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.