About Ghananta Village

Ghananta is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 332, made up of 180 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghananta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghananta village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	491.61 hectares
Population	332
Male Population	180
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghananta compares

By the 2011 count Ghananta is the 55th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 491.61 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 953.

Getting to Ghananta

Ghananta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ghananta 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghananta from other places

Ghananta lies about 36 km from Dehradun. 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 Ghananta
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	13 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	23 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	36 km

Villages closest to Ghananta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghananta village had a population of 332. That makes it the 55th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Ghananta village has 180 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghananta has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Ghananta is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghananta covers 491.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghananta falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Ghananta notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ 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 Ghananta.

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

Ghananta is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 13 km away. Mussoorie is about 23 km away. Dehradun is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.