About Ghol Village

Ghol is a mid sized village in Dahanu tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,655, made up of 828 males and 827 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 549.8 hectares hectares.

Ghol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghol village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Dahanu
Area (hectares)	549.8 hectares
Population	1,655
Male Population	828
Female Population	827
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghol compares

By the 2011 count Ghol is the 82nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents. Its 549.8 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Ghol

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

Ghol lies about 102 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Gholvad, about under 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 Ghol
Nearest railway station	Gholvad	under 2 km
Nearest town	Umargām	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dahanu	13 km
District headquarters	Thane	102 km

Villages closest to Ghol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghol village had a population of 1,655. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents.

Ghol village has 828 males and 827 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghol has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Ghol covers 549.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghol falls under Dahanu tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ghol is Gholvad, about under 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 Ghol.

Ghol is about 102 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghol is in Dahanu tehsil of Thane district. Gholvad is about under 2 km away. Umargām is about 13 km away. Dahanu is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.