About Ghanti Village

Ghanti is a small village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 82 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghanti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghanti village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ramgarh
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	65 hectares
Population	169
Male Population	82
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,061
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 Ghanti compares

By the 2011 count Ghanti is the 256th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 65 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Ghanti

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

Ghanti lies about 61 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 5.4 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 Ghanti
Nearest railway station	Godda	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramgarh	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	61 km

Villages closest to Ghanti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghanti village had a population of 169. That makes it the 256th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Ghanti village has 82 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghanti has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Ghanti is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghanti covers 65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghanti falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghanti is Godda, about 5.4 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 Ghanti.

Ghanti is about 61 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghanti is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Godda is about 5.4 km away. Ramgarh is about 29 km away. Dumka is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.