# Ghaghri Village, Sherghati, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Sherghati, Gaya 

# Ghaghri

Ghaghri is a village in Sherghati sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **414 people in 69 households**, the 68th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.9%.

- 414people (2011)
- 69households
- 76.4%literacy
- 808females per 1,000 males

## Ghaghri PIN code and other codes

Ghaghri falls in Sherghati sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDhabchiraiya
- Community development blockSherghati
- Census village code256343

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Ghaghri from nearby towns?

- Sherghati (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)34 km by road
- Sherghati (nearest town)6 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Ghaghri?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Ghaghri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Sherghati
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sherghati
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ghaghri known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 62% of the 93 hectares of village land is sown, and 56 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Ghaghri

Of every 100 households in Ghaghri in 2011, 90 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ghaghri · ■ Sherghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****88%**

**42%

Television ****19%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ghaghri?

■ Ghaghri · ■ Sherghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**59.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****808**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**997

Working population ****45.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 73.9% for women. 45% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (15%) · **■** Other work 18 (9%) · **■** Marginal 136 (72%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sherghati

- Harna515 people
- Palhat Khurd486 people
- Korahra419 people
- Phitki Chak419 people
- Jhawai Chak394 people
- Lohara387 people
- Palhat Kalan376 people
- Bhikhanpur347 people

[All 86 villages in Sherghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/sherghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ghaghri from Gaya?34 km by road
- What is the population of Ghaghri?414 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghaghri in?Gaya district (Sherghati sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ghaghri?76.4% (Census 2011)