About Ghaghi Village

Ghaghi is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 310, made up of 155 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaghi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Pincode	814152
Area (hectares)	173.56 hectares
Population	310
Male Population	155
Female Population	155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Ghaghi compares

By the 2011 count Ghaghi is the 124th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 173.56 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Ghaghi

Ghaghi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ghaghi 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 Ghaghi from other places

Ghaghi lies about 19 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Sankarpur, about 12 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 Ghaghi
Tehsil headquarters	Devipur	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Sankarpur	12 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	19 km

Villages closest to Ghaghi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Devipur 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 Ghaghi

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghaghi village had a population of 310. That makes it the 124th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Ghaghi village has 155 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghi has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghi is 814152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghi covers 173.56 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.

Ghaghi falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghi is Sankarpur, about 12 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 Ghaghi.

Ghaghi is about 19 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaghi is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Devipur is about 7.9 km away. Sankarpur is about 12 km away. Deoghar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.