About Ghaghra Village

Ghaghra is a mid sized village in Manora tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,249, made up of 548 males and 701 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,279 females per 1000 males. The village covers 660.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Manora
Pincode	496330
Area (hectares)	660.65 hectares
Population	1,249
Male Population	548
Female Population	701
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,279
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghaghra compares

By the 2011 count Ghaghra is the 6th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 660.65 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Ghaghra

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

Ghaghra lies about 15 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 88 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 Ghaghra
Tehsil headquarters	Manora	5.2 km
District headquarters	Jashpur	15 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	15 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	88 km

Villages closest to Ghaghra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghaghra village had a population of 1,249. That makes it the 6th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Ghaghra village has 548 males and 701 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghra has about 1279 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghra is 496330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghra covers 660.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghaghra falls under Manora tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghra is Lohardaga, about 88 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 Ghaghra.

Ghaghra is about 15 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaghra is in Manora tehsil of Jashpur district. Manora is about 5.2 km away. Jashpur is about 15 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.