About Ghoghra Village

Ghoghra is a mid sized village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,360, made up of 738 males and 622 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 296 hectares hectares.

Ghoghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoghra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Rithi
Area (hectares)	296 hectares
Population	1,360
Male Population	738
Female Population	622
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghoghra compares

By the 2011 count Ghoghra is the 34th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 296 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 963.

Getting to Ghoghra

Ghoghra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghoghra as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Ghoghra from other places

Ghoghra lies about 18 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Niwar, 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 Ghoghra
Nearest railway station	Niwar	14 km
District headquarters	Katni	18 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rithi	20 km

Villages closest to Ghoghra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoghra village had a population of 1,360. That makes it the 34th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Ghoghra village has 738 males and 622 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoghra has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Ghoghra covers 296 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghoghra falls under Rithi tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghoghra is Niwar, 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 village for Ghoghra.

Ghoghra is about 18 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoghra is in Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Niwar is about 14 km away. Katni is about 18 km away. Murwāra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.