About Ghatia Village

Ghatia is a small village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 292, made up of 159 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghatia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghatia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jama
Pincode	814101
Area (hectares)	96 hectares
Population	292
Male Population	159
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	836
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 Ghatia compares

By the 2011 count Ghatia is the 186th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 96 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 986.

Getting to Ghatia

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

Ghatia lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 24 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 Ghatia
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jama	25 km
District headquarters	Dumka	29 km

Villages closest to Ghatia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghatia village had a population of 292. That makes it the 186th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Ghatia village has 159 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghatia has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Ghatia is 814101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghatia covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghatia falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghatia is Basukinath Railway Station, about 24 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 Ghatia.

Ghatia is about 29 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghatia is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 24 km away. Jama is about 25 km away. Dumka is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.