About Ghankhede Village

Ghankhede is a mid sized village in Bodvad tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,214, made up of 596 males and 618 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 456.72 hectares hectares.

Ghankhede Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghankhede village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Tehsil	Bodvad
Area (hectares)	456.72 hectares
Population	1,214
Male Population	596
Female Population	618
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghankhede compares

By the 2011 count Ghankhede is the 27th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,800 residents. Its 456.72 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Ghankhede

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

Ghankhede lies about 58 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Khamkhed, about 3.2 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 Ghankhede
Nearest railway station	Khamkhed	3.2 km
Nearest town	Malkāpur	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bodvad	12 km
District headquarters	Jalgaon	58 km

Villages closest to Ghankhede

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghankhede village had a population of 1,214. That makes it the 27th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,800 residents.

Ghankhede village has 596 males and 618 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghankhede has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Ghankhede covers 456.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghankhede falls under Bodvad tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ghankhede is Khamkhed, about 3.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ghankhede.

Ghankhede is about 58 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghankhede is in Bodvad tehsil of Jalgaon district. Khamkhed is about 3.2 km away. Malkāpur is about 10 km away. Bodvad is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.