About Ghatakpur Village

Ghatakpur is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 156, made up of 80 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghatakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghatakpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	66.18 hectares
Population	156
Male Population	80
Female Population	76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
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 Ghatakpur compares

By the 2011 count Ghatakpur is the 190th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 66.18 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Ghatakpur

Ghatakpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ghatakpur 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. The nearest villages by name are Gandarakpur, Gandharabpur, Ganespur and Ghailapathar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Ghatakpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghatakpur village had a population of 156. That makes it the 190th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Ghatakpur village has 80 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghatakpur has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Ghatakpur is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghatakpur covers 66.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghatakpur falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Ghatakpur notes the nearest railway station 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 Ghatakpur.

Ghatakpur is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.