About Ghana Village

Ghana is a mid sized village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 878, made up of 466 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 400.88 hectares hectares.

Ghana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghana village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Gairatganj
Area (hectares)	400.88 hectares
Population	878
Male Population	466
Female Population	412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghana compares

By the 2011 count Ghana is the 29th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 400.88 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Ghana

Ghana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghana as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Ghana from other places

Ghana lies about 45 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 42 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 Ghana
Tehsil headquarters	Gairatganj	4.1 km
Nearest town	Begamganj	28 km
Nearest railway station	Sorai	42 km
District headquarters	Raisen	45 km

Villages closest to Ghana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghana village had a population of 878. That makes it the 29th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Ghana village has 466 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghana has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Ghana covers 400.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghana falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghana is Sorai, about 42 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ghana.

Ghana is about 45 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghana is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 4.1 km away. Begamganj is about 28 km away. Sorai is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.