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About Ghatiari Village

Ghatiari is a mid sized village in Pathna tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 849, made up of 417 males and 432 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231 hectares hectares.

Ghatiari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghatiari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Pathna
Area (hectares) 231 hectares
Population 849
Male Population 417
Female Population 432
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ghatiari compares

By the 2011 count Ghatiari is the 27th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 231 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Ghatiari

Ghatiari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghatiari as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghatiari from other places

Ghatiari lies about 44 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 9.9 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 Ghatiari
Tehsil headquarters Pathna 9.0 km
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 9.9 km
Nearest town Farakka 23 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 44 km

Villages closest to Ghatiari

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.

Common questions about Ghatiari

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghatiari village had a population of 849. That makes it the 27th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Ghatiari village has 417 males and 432 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghatiari has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1030.

Ghatiari covers 231 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghatiari falls under Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghatiari is Barharwa Junction, about 9.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Ghatiari.

Ghatiari is about 44 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghatiari is in Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district. Pathna is about 9.0 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 9.9 km away. Farakka is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Mahgama (under 2 km), Bara Ranga (1.5 km) and Chhota Mahgama (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ghatiari today is likely to be higher.

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