About Ghaghara Village

Ghaghara is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,115, made up of 572 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 606.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaghara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Balrampur
Pincode	497118
Area (hectares)	606.65 hectares
Population	1,115
Male Population	572
Female Population	543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghaghara compares

By the 2011 count Ghaghara is the 32nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 606.65 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 974.

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 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 Ghaghara from other places

Ghaghara lies about 57 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Ambikapur, about 58 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
Tehsil headquarters	Balrampur	13 km
District headquarters	Surguja	57 km
Nearest town	Ambikāpur	57 km
Nearest railway station	Ambikapur	58 km

Villages closest to Ghaghara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balrampur 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 1,115. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Ghaghara village has 572 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghara has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghara is 497118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghara covers 606.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghaghara falls under Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghara is Ambikapur, about 58 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 Ghaghara.

Ghaghara is about 57 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaghara is in Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district. Balrampur is about 13 km away. Surguja is about 57 km away. Ambikāpur is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.