About Ghoghsa Village

Ghoghsa is a large village in Halsi tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,692, made up of 1,401 males and 1,291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.1 hectares hectares.

Ghoghsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoghsa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Lakhisarai
Tehsil	Halsi
Area (hectares)	280.1 hectares
Population	2,692
Male Population	1,401
Female Population	1,291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Ghoghsa compares

By the 2011 count Ghoghsa is the 16th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 280.1 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Ghoghsa

Ghoghsa 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 Ghoghsa as Available within 5 - 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 Ghoghsa from other places

Ghoghsa lies about 22 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Bashuachak Halt, about 16 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 Ghoghsa
Tehsil headquarters	Halsi	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Bashuachak Halt	16 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	20 km
District headquarters	Lakhisarai	22 km

Villages closest to Ghoghsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoghsa village had a population of 2,692. That makes it the 16th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Ghoghsa village has 1,401 males and 1,291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoghsa has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 931.

Ghoghsa covers 280.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ghoghsa falls under Halsi tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ghoghsa is Bashuachak Halt, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ghoghsa.

Ghoghsa is about 22 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoghsa is in Halsi tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Halsi is about 5.5 km away. Bashuachak Halt is about 16 km away. Jamūī is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.