About Gaighat Village

Gaighat is a mid sized village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 673, made up of 357 males and 316 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaighat village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	186 hectares
Population	673
Male Population	357
Female Population	316
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaighat compares

By the 2011 count Gaighat is the 93rd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 186 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Gaighat

Gaighat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gaighat as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gaighat from other places

Gaighat lies about 22 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 42 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 Gaighat
Nearest town	Sherghāti	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	22 km
District headquarters	Chatra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Bansinala Halt	42 km

Villages closest to Gaighat

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 Gaighat

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaighat village had a population of 673. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Gaighat village has 357 males and 316 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaighat has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

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

Gaighat covers 186 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gaighat is Bansinala Halt, about 42 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gaighat.

Gaighat is about 22 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaighat is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 19 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 22 km away. Chatra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.