About Ghatgara Village

Ghatgara is a mid sized village in Badnawar tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,996, made up of 976 males and 1,020 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 833.72 hectares hectares.

Ghatgara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghatgara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Badnawar
Area (hectares)	833.72 hectares
Population	1,996
Male Population	976
Female Population	1,020
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghatgara compares

By the 2011 count Ghatgara is the 29th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 833.72 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Ghatgara

Ghatgara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghatgara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Ghatgara from other places

Ghatgara lies about 42 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Barnagar, 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 Ghatgara
Tehsil headquarters	Badnawar	5.8 km
Nearest town	Badnāwar	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Barnagar	16 km
District headquarters	Dhar	42 km

Villages closest to Ghatgara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghatgara village had a population of 1,996. That makes it the 29th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Ghatgara village has 976 males and 1,020 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghatgara has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Ghatgara covers 833.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghatgara falls under Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghatgara is Barnagar, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ghatgara.

Ghatgara is about 42 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghatgara is in Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district. Badnawar is about 5.8 km away. Badnāwar is about 5.8 km away. Barnagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.