About Ghogas Village

Ghogas is a small village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 129, made up of 47 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,745 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghogas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghogas village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Jakhnidhar
Pincode	249122
Area (hectares)	38.5 hectares
Population	129
Male Population	47
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,745
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghogas compares

By the 2011 count Ghogas is the 76th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 38.5 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Ghogas

Ghogas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghogas 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghogas from other places

Ghogas lies about 15 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 38 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 Ghogas
Tehsil headquarters	Jakhnidhar	9.8 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	15 km
Nearest town	Tehri	15 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	38 km

Villages closest to Ghogas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghogas village had a population of 129. That makes it the 76th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Ghogas village has 47 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghogas has about 1745 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Ghogas is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghogas covers 38.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghogas falls under Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghogas is Rishikesh, about 38 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Ghogas is about 15 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghogas is in Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Jakhnidhar is about 9.8 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 15 km away. Tehri is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.