About Ghaghara Village

Ghaghara is a mid sized village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,354, made up of 661 males and 693 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaghara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Kharsia
Pincode	496661
Area (hectares)	342.18 hectares
Population	1,354
Male Population	661
Female Population	693
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ghaghara compares

By the 2011 count Ghaghara is the 28th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 342.18 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Ghaghara

Ghaghara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghaghara 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghaghara from other places

Ghaghara lies about 35 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Jharadih, about 2.8 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 Ghaghara
Nearest railway station	Jharadih	2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsia	3.8 km
Nearest town	Saktī	12 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	35 km

Villages closest to Ghaghara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghaghara village had a population of 1,354. That makes it the 28th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Ghaghara village has 661 males and 693 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghara has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghara is 496661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghara covers 342.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghaghara falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghara is Jharadih, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ghaghara.

Ghaghara is about 35 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaghara is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Jharadih is about 2.8 km away. Kharsia is about 3.8 km away. Saktī is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.