About Ghoghari Village

Ghoghari is a mid sized village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,021, made up of 540 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1154.18 hectares hectares.

Ghoghari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoghari village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Silwani
Area (hectares)	1154.18 hectares
Population	1,021
Male Population	540
Female Population	481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghoghari compares

By the 2011 count Ghoghari is the 23rd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 1154.18 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Ghoghari

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

Ghoghari lies about 75 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 40 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 Ghoghari
Nearest town	Begamganj	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Silwani	25 km
Nearest railway station	Ratona	40 km
District headquarters	Raisen	75 km

Villages closest to Ghoghari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoghari village had a population of 1,021. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Ghoghari village has 540 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoghari has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Ghoghari covers 1154.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghoghari falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghoghari is Ratona, about 40 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 Ghoghari.

Ghoghari is about 75 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoghari is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Begamganj is about 17 km away. Silwani is about 25 km away. Ratona is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.