About Ghaghsara Village

Ghaghsara is a large village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,086, made up of 1,639 males and 1,447 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 273209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaghsara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghsara village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Pincode	273209
Area (hectares)	83.64 hectares
Population	3,086
Male Population	1,639
Female Population	1,447
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ghaghsara compares

By the 2011 count Ghaghsara is the 21st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 83.64 hectares work out to about 37 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Ghaghsara

Ghaghsara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghaghsara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghaghsara from other places

Ghaghsara lies about 22 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihapar Halt, about 8.0 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 Ghaghsara
Nearest railway station	Sihapar Halt	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	10 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	11 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	22 km

Villages closest to Ghaghsara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghaghsara village had a population of 3,086. That makes it the 21st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Ghaghsara village has 1,639 males and 1,447 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghsara has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Ghaghsara is 273209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaghsara covers 83.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 37 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ghaghsara falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghsara is Sihapar Halt, about 8.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ghaghsara.

Ghaghsara is about 22 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaghsara is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sihapar Halt is about 8.0 km away. Sahjanwa is about 10 km away. Khalīlābād is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.