About Ghaghra Village

Ghaghra is a mid sized village in Gola tehsil, in the district of Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,792, made up of 953 males and 839 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 680.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ramgarh
Tehsil	Gola
Pincode	829110
Area (hectares)	680.19 hectares
Population	1,792
Male Population	953
Female Population	839
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
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 Ghaghra compares

By the 2011 count Ghaghra is the 29th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,650 residents. Its 680.19 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 957.

Getting to Ghaghra

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

Ghaghra lies about 29 km from Ramgarh, and the nearest railway station is Harubera, about 5.1 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 Ghaghra
Nearest railway station	Harubera	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gola	8.5 km
Nearest town	Chitarpur	15 km
District headquarters	Ramgarh	29 km

Villages closest to Ghaghra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghaghra village had a population of 1,792. That makes it the 29th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,650 residents.

Ghaghra village has 953 males and 839 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghra has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghra is 829110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghra covers 680.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghaghra falls under Gola tehsil of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghra is Harubera, about 5.1 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 Ghaghra.

Ghaghra is about 29 km from Ramgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaghra is in Gola tehsil of Ramgarh district. Harubera is about 5.1 km away. Gola is about 8.5 km away. Chitarpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.