About Ghana Village

Ghana is a small village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 302, made up of 156 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93 hectares hectares.

Ghana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghana village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Goharganj
Area (hectares)	93 hectares
Population	302
Male Population	156
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
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 Ghana compares

By the 2011 count Ghana is the 164th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 93 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Ghana

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

Ghana lies about 38 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Barkhera, about 10 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	Goharganj	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Barkhera	10 km
Nearest town	Ubaidullāhganj	13 km
District headquarters	Raisen	38 km

Villages closest to Ghana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goharganj 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 302. That makes it the 164th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Ghana village has 156 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghana has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

Ghana covers 93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghana is Barkhera, about 10 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 Ghana.

Ghana is about 38 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 Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Goharganj is about 5.5 km away. Barkhera is about 10 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.