About Ghanghri Village

Ghanghri is a large village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,138, made up of 1,102 males and 1,036 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghanghri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghanghri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	378.63 hectares
Population	2,138
Male Population	1,102
Female Population	1,036
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghanghri compares

By the 2011 count Ghanghri is the 18th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 378.63 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Ghanghri

Ghanghri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghanghri as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Ghanghri from other places

Ghanghri lies about 18 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 48 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 Ghanghri
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	18 km
District headquarters	Chatra	18 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	48 km

Villages closest to Ghanghri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Ghanghri

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghanghri village had a population of 2,138. That makes it the 18th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Ghanghri village has 1,102 males and 1,036 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghanghri has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Ghanghri is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghanghri covers 378.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghanghri falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghanghri is Kathautia, about 48 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ghanghri.

Ghanghri is about 18 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghanghri is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 18 km away. Chatra is about 18 km away. Chatrā is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.