About Ghordha Village

Ghordha is a mid sized village in Karandighi tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,095, made up of 579 males and 516 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghordha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghordha village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Karandighi
Pincode	733215
Area (hectares)	230.11 hectares
Population	1,095
Male Population	579
Female Population	516
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghordha compares

By the 2011 count Ghordha is the 127th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents. Its 230.11 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Ghordha

Ghordha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghordha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Ghordha from other places

Ghordha lies about 2.6 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Surja Kama, about 9.0 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 Ghordha
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	2.6 km
Nearest railway station	Surja Kama	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karandighi	10 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	23 km

Villages closest to Ghordha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghordha village had a population of 1,095. That makes it the 127th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents.

Ghordha village has 579 males and 516 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghordha has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Ghordha is 733215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghordha covers 230.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghordha falls under Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Ghordha is Surja Kama, about 9.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ghordha.

Ghordha is about 2.6 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghordha is in Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Uttar Dinajpur is about 2.6 km away. Surja Kama is about 9.0 km away. Karandighi is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.