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About Ghaghari Village

Ghaghari is a large village in Dudhi tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,409, made up of 2,202 males and 2,207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2017.03 hectares hectares.

Ghaghari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaghari village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Dudhi
Area (hectares) 2017.03 hectares
Population 4,409
Male Population 2,202
Female Population 2,207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Ghaghari compares

By the 2011 count Ghaghari is the 15th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 2017.03 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Ghaghari

Ghaghari is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ghaghari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghaghari from other places

Ghaghari lies about 63 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Wyndhamganj, about 5.4 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 Ghaghari
Nearest railway station Wyndhamganj 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dudhi 16 km
Nearest town Renukūt 37 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 63 km

Villages closest to Ghaghari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghaghari village had a population of 4,409. That makes it the 15th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Ghaghari village has 2,202 males and 2,207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaghari has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Ghaghari covers 2017.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghaghari falls under Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghaghari is Wyndhamganj, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ghaghari.

Ghaghari is about 63 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaghari is in Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Wyndhamganj is about 5.4 km away. Dudhi is about 16 km away. Renukūt is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chan Pur (under 2 km), Sukhara (3.3 km) and Dhuma (3.7 km).

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

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