About Gheghta Village

Gheghta is a large village in Chapra tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,514, made up of 2,400 males and 2,114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272 hectares hectares.

Gheghta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gheghta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Chapra
Area (hectares)	272 hectares
Population	4,514
Male Population	2,400
Female Population	2,114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gheghta compares

By the 2011 count Gheghta is the 11th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents. Its 272 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Gheghta

Gheghta 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 Gheghta as Available within village. 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 Gheghta from other places

Gheghta lies about 36 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Chhapra Gramin Junction, about 1.8 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 Gheghta
Nearest railway station	Chhapra Gramin Junction	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chapra	4.2 km
Nearest town	Chāpra	4.2 km
District headquarters	Saran	36 km

Villages closest to Gheghta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gheghta village had a population of 4,514. That makes it the 11th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents.

Gheghta village has 2,400 males and 2,114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gheghta 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 897.

Gheghta covers 272 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gheghta falls under Chapra tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gheghta is Chhapra Gramin Junction, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gheghta.

Gheghta is about 36 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gheghta is in Chapra tehsil of Saran district. Chhapra Gramin Junction is about 1.8 km away. Chapra is about 4.2 km away. Chāpra is about 4.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.