About Ghargharia Village

Ghargharia is a small village in Pathna tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 26, made up of 13 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghargharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghargharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Pathna
Pincode	816119
Area (hectares)	18.79 hectares
Population	26
Male Population	13
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Ghargharia compares

By the 2011 count Ghargharia is the 117th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 18.79 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Ghargharia

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

Ghargharia lies about 50 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 14 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 Ghargharia
Tehsil headquarters	Pathna	12 km
Nearest railway station	Barharwa Junction	14 km
Nearest town	Farakka	25 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	50 km

Villages closest to Ghargharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghargharia village had a population of 26. That makes it the 117th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Ghargharia village has 13 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghargharia has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Ghargharia is 816119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghargharia covers 18.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghargharia falls under Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghargharia is Barharwa Junction, about 14 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 Ghargharia.

Ghargharia is about 50 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghargharia is in Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district. Pathna is about 12 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 14 km away. Farakka is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.