About Ghangri Village

Ghangri is a large village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,311, made up of 1,208 males and 1,103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 471 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghangri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghangri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkatha
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	471 hectares
Population	2,311
Male Population	1,208
Female Population	1,103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
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 Ghangri compares

By the 2011 count Ghangri is the 17th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 471 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 968.

Getting to Ghangri

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

Ghangri lies about 30 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Sarmatanr, about 20 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 Ghangri
Nearest railway station	Sarmatanr	20 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkatha	30 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	30 km

Villages closest to Ghangri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghangri village had a population of 2,311. That makes it the 17th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Ghangri village has 1,208 males and 1,103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghangri has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Ghangri is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghangri covers 471 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghangri falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghangri is Sarmatanr, about 20 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 Ghangri.

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

Ghangri is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Sarmatanr is about 20 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 28 km away. Barkatha is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.