About Ghankheda Village

Ghankheda is a mid sized village in Jafferabad tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,047, made up of 580 males and 467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 805 females per 1000 males. The village covers 407.9 hectares hectares.

Ghankheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghankheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalna
Tehsil	Jafferabad
Area (hectares)	407.9 hectares
Population	1,047
Male Population	580
Female Population	467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	805
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghankheda compares

By the 2011 count Ghankheda is the 61st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,631 residents. Its 407.9 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Ghankheda

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

Ghankheda lies about 12 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Dingaon, about 9.7 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 Ghankheda
Nearest railway station	Dingaon	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jafferabad	12 km
District headquarters	Jalna	12 km
Nearest town	Jālna	12 km

Villages closest to Ghankheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghankheda village had a population of 1,047. That makes it the 61st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,631 residents.

Ghankheda village has 580 males and 467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghankheda has about 805 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Ghankheda covers 407.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghankheda falls under Jafferabad tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ghankheda is Dingaon, about 9.7 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 Ghankheda.

Ghankheda is about 12 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghankheda is in Jafferabad tehsil of Jalna district. Dingaon is about 9.7 km away. Jafferabad is about 12 km away. Jalna is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.