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About Ghatahua Kalan Village

Ghatahua Kalan is a mid sized village in Kandi tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,499, made up of 771 males and 728 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghatahua Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghatahua Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Kandi
Pincode 822120
Area (hectares) 91.55 hectares
Population 1,499
Male Population 771
Female Population 728
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
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 Ghatahua Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Ghatahua Kalan is the 18th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents. Its 91.55 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Ghatahua Kalan

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

Ghatahua Kalan lies about 30 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Satbahini, about 9.2 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 Ghatahua Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Kandi 5.4 km
Nearest railway station Satbahini 9.2 km
Nearest town Bishrāmpur 25 km
District headquarters Garhwa 30 km

Villages closest to Ghatahua Kalan

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

Common questions about Ghatahua Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghatahua Kalan village had a population of 1,499. That makes it the 18th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents.

Ghatahua Kalan village has 771 males and 728 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghatahua Kalan has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Ghatahua Kalan is 822120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghatahua Kalan covers 91.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ghatahua Kalan falls under Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghatahua Kalan is Satbahini, about 9.2 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 Ghatahua Kalan.

Ghatahua Kalan is about 30 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghatahua Kalan is in Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district. Kandi is about 5.4 km away. Satbahini is about 9.2 km away. Bishrāmpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raja Ghatahua (under 2 km), Lamari Khurd (under 2 km) and Lamari Kalan (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ghatahua Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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