About Ghaghra Village

Ghaghra is a mid sized village in Mohanpur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 795, made up of 428 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Mohanpur
Pincode	814153
Area (hectares)	188 hectares
Population	795
Male Population	428
Female Population	367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
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 the 50th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 461 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 935.

Getting to Ghaghra

Ghaghra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ghaghra as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 104 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, about 21 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
Tehsil headquarters	Mohanpur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Karamtola	21 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	23 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	104 km

Villages closest to Ghaghra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohanpur 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 795. That makes it the 50th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 461 residents.

Ghaghra village has 428 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghra has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghra is 814153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghra covers 188 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghaghra falls under Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghra is Karamtola, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Ghaghra.

Ghaghra is about 104 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaghra is in Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district. Mohanpur is about 19 km away. Karamtola is about 21 km away. Sāhibganj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.