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About Ghoragaon Village

Ghoragaon is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 235, made up of 112 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghoragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoragaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Nagri
Pincode 493778
Area (hectares) 75.14 hectares
Population 235
Male Population 112
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,098
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghoragaon compares

By the 2011 count Ghoragaon is the 191st largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 75.14 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Ghoragaon

Ghoragaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghoragaon as Available. 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 Ghoragaon from other places

Ghoragaon lies about 72 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sarsonpuri, about 70 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 Ghoragaon
Tehsil headquarters Nagri 14 km
Nearest town Kānker 63 km
Nearest railway station Sarsonpuri 70 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 72 km

Villages closest to Ghoragaon

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

Common questions about Ghoragaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoragaon village had a population of 235. That makes it the 191st largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Ghoragaon village has 112 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoragaon has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Ghoragaon is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghoragaon covers 75.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghoragaon falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghoragaon is Sarsonpuri, about 70 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ghoragaon.

Ghoragaon is about 72 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoragaon is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 14 km away. Kānker is about 63 km away. Sarsonpuri is about 70 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nirrabeda (5.2 km), Thenahi (5.8 km) and Chandan Bahra (6.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ghoragaon today is likely to be higher.

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