About Ghure Village

Ghure is a mid sized village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,343, made up of 747 males and 596 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 798 females per 1000 males. The village covers 498 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghure Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghure village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	498 hectares
Population	1,343
Male Population	747
Female Population	596
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	798
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghure compares

By the 2011 count Ghure is the 5th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 498 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Ghure

Ghure is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghure as Available within village. 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 Ghure from other places

Ghure lies about 25 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, 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 Ghure
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	20 km
District headquarters	Latehar	25 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	25 km

Villages closest to Ghure

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghure village had a population of 1,343. That makes it the 5th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Ghure village has 747 males and 596 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghure has about 798 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Ghure is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghure covers 498 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghure falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghure is Balumath, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ghure.

Ghure is about 25 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghure is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about under 2 km away. Balumath is about 20 km away. Latehar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.