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About Ghoghri Village

Ghoghri is a mid sized village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 953, made up of 461 males and 492 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 494.5 hectares hectares.

Ghoghri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoghri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Jaitpur
Area (hectares) 494.5 hectares
Population 953
Male Population 461
Female Population 492
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghoghri compares

By the 2011 count Ghoghri is the 64th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 494.5 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Ghoghri

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

Ghoghri lies about 115 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Charghat Pipari, about 38 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 Ghoghri
Tehsil headquarters Jaitpur 24 km
Nearest railway station Charghat Pipari 38 km
Nearest town Jabalpur 39 km
District headquarters Shahdol 115 km

Villages closest to Ghoghri

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

Common questions about Ghoghri

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoghri village had a population of 953. That makes it the 64th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Ghoghri village has 461 males and 492 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoghri has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Ghoghri covers 494.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghoghri falls under Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghoghri is Charghat Pipari, about 38 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 Ghoghri.

Ghoghri is about 115 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoghri is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Jaitpur is about 24 km away. Charghat Pipari is about 38 km away. Jabalpur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kachahar (8.5 km), Kachhar (8.5 km) and Khodri (13 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ghoghri today is likely to be higher.

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