About Ghanghri Village

Ghanghri is a mid sized village in Bagodar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 378 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghanghri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghanghri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bagodar
Pincode	825324
Area (hectares)	248 hectares
Population	722
Male Population	378
Female Population	344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
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 Ghanghri compares

By the 2011 count Ghanghri is the 45th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents. Its 248 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Ghanghri

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

Ghanghri lies about 40 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Chaudhribandh, about 4.9 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 Ghanghri
Nearest railway station	Chaudhribandh	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagodar	13 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	17 km
District headquarters	Giridih	40 km

Villages closest to Ghanghri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghanghri village had a population of 722. That makes it the 45th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents.

Ghanghri village has 378 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghanghri has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Ghanghri is 825324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghanghri covers 248 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghanghri falls under Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghanghri is Chaudhribandh, about 4.9 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 Ghanghri.

Ghanghri is about 40 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghanghri is in Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district. Chaudhribandh is about 4.9 km away. Bagodar is about 13 km away. Barki Saria is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.