About Ghaghra Village

Ghaghra is a mid sized village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,743, made up of 837 males and 906 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Tisri
Pincode	815317
Area (hectares)	331 hectares
Population	1,743
Male Population	837
Female Population	906
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,082
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghaghra compares

By the 2011 count Ghaghra is the 9th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 331 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Ghaghra

Ghaghra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghaghra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Ghaghra from other places

Ghaghra lies about 59 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 23 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	Tisri	9.1 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	23 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	41 km
District headquarters	Giridih	59 km

Villages closest to Ghaghra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tisri 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 1,743. That makes it the 9th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Ghaghra village has 837 males and 906 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghra has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghra is 815317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghra covers 331 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghaghra falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghra is Dhanwar, about 23 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 village for Ghaghra.

Ghaghra is about 59 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaghra is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 9.1 km away. Dhanwar is about 23 km away. Jamūī is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.