# Ghoghraha Village, Kalyanpur, Samastipur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kalyanpur, Samastipur 

# Ghoghraha

Ghoghraha is a village in Kalyanpur sub-district of Samastipur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,359 people in 498 households**, the 46th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.

- 2,359people (2011)
- 498households
- 44.8%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Ghoghraha PIN code and other codes

Ghoghraha falls in Kalyanpur sub-district, Samastipur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBelsandi
- Community development blockKalyanpur
- Census village code236204

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

## How far is Ghoghraha from nearby towns?

- Kalyanpur (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Samastipur (district HQ)18 km by road
- Samastipur (nearest town)18 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 Ghoghraha?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Ghoghraha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Barheta
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Mirzapur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Samatipur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 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 Ghoghraha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 57% of the 227 hectares of village land is sown, and 126 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 Ghoghraha

Of every 100 households in Ghoghraha in 2011, 5 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghoghraha · ■ Kalyanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**94%

Use banking services ****31%**

**51%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Ghoghraha?

■ Ghoghraha · ■ Kalyanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.8%**

**59.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**937

Working population ****28.6%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.4% for men and 36.8% for women. 46% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 354 (52%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (8%) · **■** Marginal 89 (13%)

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 Kalyanpur

- Partapur2,695 people
- Muktapur2,593 people
- Manjil Mobarak2,544 people
- Sahuri2,503 people
- Singhia2,310 people
- Siri Nath Paran2,310 people
- Salaha2,309 people
- Utra Sarhi2,265 people

[All 152 villages in Kalyanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/samastipur/kalyanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ghoghraha from Samastipur?18 km by road
- What is the population of Ghoghraha?2,359 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoghraha in?Samastipur district (Kalyanpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoghraha?44.8% (Census 2011)