About Ghagra Village

Ghagra is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 281, made up of 137 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghagra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghagra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	833101
Area (hectares)	143 hectares
Population	281
Male Population	137
Female Population	144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
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 Ghagra compares

By the 2011 count Ghagra is the 106th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Ghagra

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

Ghagra lies about 64 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 16 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 Ghagra
Nearest town	Khunti	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	19 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	64 km

Villages closest to Ghagra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghagra village had a population of 281. That makes it the 106th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Ghagra village has 137 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghagra has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Ghagra is 833101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghagra covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghagra falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghagra is Karra, about 16 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 Ghagra.

Ghagra is about 64 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghagra is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Khunti is about 9.3 km away. Karra is about 16 km away. Bandgaon is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.