About Ghontha Village

Ghontha is a small village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 173 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghontha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghontha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Bodla
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	102.57 hectares
Population	336
Male Population	173
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghontha compares

By the 2011 count Ghontha is the 174th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 102.57 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 1006.

Getting to Ghontha

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

Ghontha lies about 20 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Bhanwar Tonk, about 72 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 Ghontha
Tehsil headquarters	Bodla	13 km
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	20 km
Nearest town	Kawardha	27 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanwar Tonk	72 km

Villages closest to Ghontha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghontha village had a population of 336. That makes it the 174th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Ghontha village has 173 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghontha has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Ghontha is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghontha covers 102.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghontha falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghontha is Bhanwar Tonk, about 72 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 Ghontha.

Ghontha is about 20 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghontha is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Bodla is about 13 km away. Kabeerdham is about 20 km away. Kawardha is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.