About Ghoghra Village

Ghoghra is a mid sized village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,516, made up of 737 males and 779 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 686.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghoghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoghra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Pithora
Pincode	493551
Area (hectares)	686.19 hectares
Population	1,516
Male Population	737
Female Population	779
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghoghra compares

By the 2011 count Ghoghra is the 24th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 686.19 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Ghoghra

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

Ghoghra lies about 37 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bagbahra, about 13 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 Ghoghra
Nearest railway station	Bagbahra	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pithora	13 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	37 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	37 km

Villages closest to Ghoghra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoghra village had a population of 1,516. That makes it the 24th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Ghoghra village has 737 males and 779 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoghra has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Ghoghra is 493551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghoghra covers 686.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghoghra falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghoghra is Bagbahra, about 13 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 village for Ghoghra.

Ghoghra is about 37 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoghra is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Bagbahra is about 13 km away. Pithora is about 13 km away. Mahasamund is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.