About Ghoghara Village

Ghoghara is a small village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 400, made up of 218 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghoghara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoghara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Baramkela
Pincode	496551
Area (hectares)	228.84 hectares
Population	400
Male Population	218
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghoghara compares

By the 2011 count Ghoghara is the 120th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 228.84 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Ghoghara

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

Ghoghara lies about 53 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Bargarh Road, about 29 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 Ghoghara
Tehsil headquarters	Baramkela	20 km
Nearest town	Bargarh	26 km
Nearest railway station	Bargarh Road	29 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	53 km

Villages closest to Ghoghara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoghara village had a population of 400. That makes it the 120th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Ghoghara village has 218 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoghara has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Ghoghara is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghoghara covers 228.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghoghara falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghoghara is Bargarh Road, about 29 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 Ghoghara.

Ghoghara is about 53 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoghara is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 20 km away. Bargarh is about 26 km away. Bargarh Road is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.