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About Ghosrana Village

Ghosrana is a mid sized village in Kathumar tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,738, made up of 939 males and 799 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 482 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301035, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghosrana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghosrana village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Kathumar
Pincode 301035
Area (hectares) 482 hectares
Population 1,738
Male Population 939
Female Population 799
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ghosrana compares

By the 2011 count Ghosrana is the 37th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents. Its 482 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 879.

Getting to Ghosrana

Ghosrana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghosrana as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghosrana from other places

Ghosrana lies about 50 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Dantia, about 2.2 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 Ghosrana
Nearest railway station Dantia 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kathumar 18 km
Nearest town Mahwa 18 km
District headquarters Alwar 50 km

Villages closest to Ghosrana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghosrana village had a population of 1,738. That makes it the 37th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents.

Ghosrana village has 939 males and 799 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghosrana has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

The pincode recorded for Ghosrana is 301035. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghosrana covers 482 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghosrana falls under Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Ghosrana is Dantia, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ghosrana.

Ghosrana is about 50 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghosrana is in Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district. Dantia is about 2.2 km away. Kathumar is about 18 km away. Mahwa is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salwari (1.9 km), Manya Ka Bas (2.3 km) and Reengas Pura (2.4 km).

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

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