About Ghasko Village

Ghasko is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 221 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghasko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghasko village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	100.75 hectares
Population	421
Male Population	221
Female Population	200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
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 Ghasko compares

By the 2011 count Ghasko is the 96th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 100.75 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Ghasko

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

Ghasko lies about 8.6 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Sankarpur, about 8.4 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 Ghasko
Nearest railway station	Sankarpur	8.4 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devipur	14 km

Villages closest to Ghasko

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 Ghasko

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghasko village had a population of 421. That makes it the 96th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Ghasko village has 221 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghasko has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Ghasko is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghasko covers 100.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghasko falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghasko is Sankarpur, about 8.4 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 Ghasko.

Ghasko is about 8.6 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghasko is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Sankarpur is about 8.4 km away. Deoghar is about 8.6 km away. Devipur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.