About Ghughwa Village

Ghughwa is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,597, made up of 822 males and 775 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghughwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghughwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	492015
Area (hectares)	326.61 hectares
Population	1,597
Male Population	822
Female Population	775
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghughwa compares

By the 2011 count Ghughwa is the 55th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 326.61 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Ghughwa

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

Ghughwa lies about 21 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhilai, about 9.4 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 Ghughwa
Nearest railway station	Bhilai	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	13 km
District headquarters	Durg	21 km

Villages closest to Ghughwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghughwa village had a population of 1,597. That makes it the 55th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Ghughwa village has 822 males and 775 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghughwa has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Ghughwa is 492015. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghughwa covers 326.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghughwa falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghughwa is Bhilai, about 9.4 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 10+ km distance for Ghughwa.

Ghughwa is about 21 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghughwa is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Bhilai is about 9.4 km away. Patan is about 13 km away. Durg is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.