By population, Ghatkan ranks #50 of 100 villages in Kako mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghatkan is a village of 1,402 people in 236 households (Census 2011) in Kako block, Jehanabad district, Bihar, the 50th-largest of 100 villages in Kako block. Literacy is 65%, 12 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 915 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 804418, served by Kako post office; the LGD village code is 260255. The sarpanch is MALTI DEVI, and the village votes in Mahnar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umesh Singh Kushwaha. The population is estimated at 1,653 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nonhi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghatkan · this village | 1,402 | 65% | — |
| Nonahi · Kako | 3,905 | 59% | — |
| Nagwan · Kako | 2,435 | 53% | — |
| Deoghara · Kako | 2,012 | 62% | — |
| Bhikhanpur · Kako | 1,557 | 52% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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