About Ghoghsan Village

Ghoghsan is a large village in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,365, made up of 2,320 males and 2,045 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 407.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghoghsan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoghsan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Simri Bakhtiarpur
Pincode	852106
Area (hectares)	407.67 hectares
Population	4,365
Male Population	2,320
Female Population	2,045
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghoghsan compares

By the 2011 count Ghoghsan is the 21st largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents. Its 407.67 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Ghoghsan

Ghoghsan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ghoghsan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Ghoghsan from other places

Ghoghsan lies about 18 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 15 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 Ghoghsan
Nearest town	Bangaon	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kusheshwar Asthan	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simri Bakhtiarpur	16 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	18 km

Villages closest to Ghoghsan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri Bakhtiarpur 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 Ghoghsan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoghsan village had a population of 4,365. That makes it the 21st largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents.

Ghoghsan village has 2,320 males and 2,045 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoghsan has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Ghoghsan is 852106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghoghsan covers 407.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ghoghsan falls under Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ghoghsan is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ghoghsan.

Ghoghsan is about 18 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoghsan is in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district. Bangaon is about 12 km away. Kusheshwar Asthan is about 15 km away. Simri Bakhtiarpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.