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About Ghota Village

Ghota is a mid sized village in Mangrulpir tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 671, made up of 356 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 387.84 hectares hectares.

Ghota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghota village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Washim
Tehsil Mangrulpir
Area (hectares) 387.84 hectares
Population 671
Male Population 356
Female Population 315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghota compares

By the 2011 count Ghota is the 84th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents. Its 387.84 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Ghota

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

Ghota lies about 39 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Karanja, 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 Ghota
Tehsil headquarters Mangrulpir 8.6 km
Nearest town Mangrūl Pīr 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Karanja 17 km
District headquarters Washim 39 km

Villages closest to Ghota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghota village had a population of 671. That makes it the 84th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents.

Ghota village has 356 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghota has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Ghota covers 387.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghota falls under Mangrulpir tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ghota is Karanja, 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 - 10 km distance for Ghota.

Ghota is about 39 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghota is in Mangrulpir tehsil of Washim district. Mangrulpir is about 8.6 km away. Mangrūl Pīr is about 8.6 km away. Karanja 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 Ganeshpur (under 2 km), Dhotra (1.9 km) and Poghat (2.2 km).

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

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