About Ghaghra Village

Ghaghra is a mid sized village in Sisai tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,016, made up of 513 males and 503 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, 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	Sisai
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	444 hectares
Population	1,016
Male Population	513
Female Population	503
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
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 39th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents. Its 444 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

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 18 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 30 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	Sisai	9.4 km
District headquarters	Gumla	18 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	18 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	30 km

Villages closest to Ghaghra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sisai 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 1,016. That makes it the 39th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents.

Ghaghra village has 513 males and 503 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghra has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghra is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghra covers 444 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghaghra falls under Sisai tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghra is Bakaspur, about 30 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 18 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 Sisai tehsil of Gumla district. Sisai is about 9.4 km away. Gumla is about 18 km away. Gumlā is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.