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About Ghoswal Village

Ghoswal is a small village in Zamania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 51 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 765 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.21 hectares hectares.

Ghoswal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoswal village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Zamania
Area (hectares) 108.21 hectares
Population 90
Male Population 51
Female Population 39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 765
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ghoswal compares

By the 2011 count Ghoswal is the 234th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents. Its 108.21 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 923.

Getting to Ghoswal

The census records public bus service for Ghoswal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Ghoswal from other places

Ghoswal lies about 36 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Tulsi Ashram Railway Station, about 5.6 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 Ghoswal
Nearest railway station Tulsi Ashram Railway Station 5.6 km
Nearest town Chandauli 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Zamania 21 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 36 km

Villages closest to Ghoswal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoswal village had a population of 90. That makes it the 234th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents.

Ghoswal village has 51 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoswal has about 765 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Ghoswal covers 108.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghoswal falls under Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghoswal is Tulsi Ashram Railway Station, about 5.6 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ghoswal.

Ghoswal is about 36 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoswal is in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Tulsi Ashram Railway Station is about 5.6 km away. Chandauli is about 14 km away. Zamania is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagdilpur (3.4 km), Salempur (3.5 km) and Salempur Urf Shitalpur (3.5 km).

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

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