About Ghaghra Village

Ghaghra is a small village in Margo Munda tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 251 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, 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	Margo Munda
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	38 hectares
Population	459
Male Population	251
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	829
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 60th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 731 residents. Its 38 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

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 38 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 11 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
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	11 km
Nearest town	Giridih	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Margo Munda	29 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	38 km

Villages closest to Ghaghra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Margo Munda 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 459. That makes it the 60th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 731 residents.

Ghaghra village has 251 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghra has about 829 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

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

Ghaghra covers 38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ghaghra falls under Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghra is Maheshmunda Junction, about 11 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 38 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 Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district. Maheshmunda Junction is about 11 km away. Giridih is about 17 km away. Margo Munda is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.