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About Ghota Village

Ghota is a mid sized village in Risod tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,555, made up of 824 males and 731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 625.91 hectares hectares.

Ghota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghota village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Washim
Tehsil Risod
Area (hectares) 625.91 hectares
Population 1,555
Male Population 824
Female Population 731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghota compares

By the 2011 count Ghota is the 45th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 625.91 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

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 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 30 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Kekatumar, about 24 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 Risod 9.6 km
Nearest railway station Kekatumar 24 km
District headquarters Washim 30 km

Villages closest to Ghota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Risod 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 1,555. That makes it the 45th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Ghota village has 824 males and 731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghota has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Ghota covers 625.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghota falls under Risod tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ghota is Kekatumar, about 24 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 Ghota.

Ghota is about 30 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 Risod tehsil of Washim district. Risod is about 9.6 km away. Kekatumar is about 24 km away. Washim is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Haral (1.8 km), Chikhali (2.5 km) and Vyad (3.7 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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