About Ghaghra Village

Ghaghra is a small village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 19 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Khairagarh
Pincode	491881
Area (hectares)	20 hectares
Population	34
Male Population	19
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghaghra compares

By the 2011 count Ghaghra is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 20 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 1027.

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 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 46 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Darekasa, about 20 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
Nearest railway station	Darekasa	20 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khairagarh	27 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	46 km

Villages closest to Ghaghra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khairagarh 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 34. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Ghaghra village has 19 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghra has about 789 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghra is 491881. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghra covers 20 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.

Ghaghra falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghra is Darekasa, about 20 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 Ghaghra.

Ghaghra is about 46 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaghra is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Darekasa is about 20 km away. Dongargarh is about 24 km away. Khairagarh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.