About Ghanghri Village

Ghanghri is a mid sized village in Manatu tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 523, made up of 276 males and 247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghanghri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghanghri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Manatu
Pincode	822123
Area (hectares)	96 hectares
Population	523
Male Population	276
Female Population	247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
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 Ghanghri compares

By the 2011 count Ghanghri is the 39th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 96 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Ghanghri

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

Ghanghri lies about 166 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Kajri, about 34 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 Ghanghri
Tehsil headquarters	Manatu	33 km
Nearest railway station	Kajri	34 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	38 km
District headquarters	Palamu	166 km

Villages closest to Ghanghri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghanghri village had a population of 523. That makes it the 39th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Ghanghri village has 276 males and 247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghanghri has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

The pincode recorded for Ghanghri is 822123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghanghri covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghanghri falls under Manatu tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghanghri is Kajri, about 34 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 Ghanghri.

Ghanghri is about 166 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghanghri is in Manatu tehsil of Palamu district. Manatu is about 33 km away. Kajri is about 34 km away. Medininagar is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.