About Ghaghra Village

Ghaghra is a mid sized village in Bishunpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,308, made up of 695 males and 613 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2744.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Bishunpur
Pincode	835331
Area (hectares)	2744.34 hectares
Population	1,308
Male Population	695
Female Population	613
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
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 Ghaghra compares

By the 2011 count Ghaghra is the 15th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 916 residents. Its 2744.34 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Ghaghra

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

Ghaghra lies about 30 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 36 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	Bishunpur	10 km
District headquarters	Gumla	30 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	30 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	36 km

Villages closest to Ghaghra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bishunpur 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 1,308. That makes it the 15th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 916 residents.

Ghaghra village has 695 males and 613 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghra has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghra is 835331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghra covers 2744.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghaghra falls under Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghra is Lohardaga, about 36 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 Ghaghra.

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

Ghaghra is in Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district. Bishunpur is about 10 km away. Gumla is about 30 km away. Gumlā is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.