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About Gharagaon Village

Gharagaon is a mid sized village in Paranda tehsil, in the district of Osmanabad, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,961, made up of 1,041 males and 920 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 887.43 hectares hectares.

Gharagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharagaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Osmanabad
Tehsil Paranda
Area (hectares) 887.43 hectares
Population 1,961
Male Population 1,041
Female Population 920
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharagaon compares

By the 2011 count Gharagaon is the 18th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 887.43 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Gharagaon

Gharagaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gharagaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Gharagaon from other places

Gharagaon lies about 54 km from Osmanabad, and the nearest railway station is Uplai, about 17 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 Gharagaon
Tehsil headquarters Paranda 10 km
Nearest railway station Uplai 17 km
Nearest town Barshi 17 km
District headquarters Osmanabad 54 km

Villages closest to Gharagaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharagaon village had a population of 1,961. That makes it the 18th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Gharagaon village has 1,041 males and 920 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharagaon has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Gharagaon covers 887.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gharagaon falls under Paranda tehsil of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gharagaon is Uplai, about 17 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 <5 km distance for Gharagaon.

Gharagaon is about 54 km from Osmanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharagaon is in Paranda tehsil of Osmanabad district. Paranda is about 10 km away. Uplai is about 17 km away. Barshi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kangalgaon (2.2 km), Dahitana (2.5 km) and Bodakha (2.9 km).

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

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