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About Ghantodabar Village

Ghantodabar is a small village in Chandwara tehsil, in the district of Kodarma, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 71 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghantodabar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghantodabar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Kodarma
Tehsil Chandwara
Pincode 825324
Area (hectares) 140 hectares
Population 131
Male Population 71
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
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 Ghantodabar compares

By the 2011 count Ghantodabar is the 68th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,132 residents. Its 140 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 943.

Getting to Ghantodabar

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

Ghantodabar lies about 19 km from Kodarma, and the nearest railway station is Baskatwa B. H. Railway Station, about 5.3 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 Ghantodabar
Nearest railway station Baskatwa B. H. Railway Station 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandwara 18 km
District headquarters Kodarma 19 km
Nearest town Jhumri Telaiya 19 km

Villages closest to Ghantodabar

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

Common questions about Ghantodabar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghantodabar village had a population of 131. That makes it the 68th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,132 residents.

Ghantodabar village has 71 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghantodabar has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

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

Ghantodabar covers 140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghantodabar falls under Chandwara tehsil of Kodarma district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghantodabar is Baskatwa B. H. Railway Station, about 5.3 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 Ghantodabar.

Ghantodabar is about 19 km from Kodarma in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghantodabar is in Chandwara tehsil of Kodarma district. Baskatwa B. H. Railway Station is about 5.3 km away. Chandwara is about 18 km away. Kodarma is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhitia (under 2 km), Sinduri (under 2 km) and Chhatara (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ghantodabar today is likely to be higher.

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