About Ghaghra Village

Ghaghra is a small village in Nagaruntari tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 72, made up of 36 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Nagaruntari
Pincode	822121
Area (hectares)	443 hectares
Population	72
Male Population	36
Female Population	36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ghaghra compares

By the 2011 count Ghaghra is the 69th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents. Its 443 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Ghaghra

Ghaghra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghaghra as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 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 36 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Nagar Untari, about 4.1 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
Tehsil headquarters	Nagaruntari	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Nagar Untari	4.1 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	36 km

Villages closest to Ghaghra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagaruntari 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 72. That makes it the 69th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents.

Ghaghra village has 36 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghra has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghra is 822121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghra covers 443 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghaghra falls under Nagaruntari tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghra is Nagar Untari, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ghaghra.

Ghaghra is about 36 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaghra is in Nagaruntari tehsil of Garhwa district. Nagaruntari is about 4.0 km away. Nagar Untari is about 4.1 km away. Garhwa is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.