Ghoghardiha | |
Settlement Type: | city |
Pushpin Map: | India Bihar |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bihar, India |
Coordinates: | 26.2833°N 86.4667°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Madhubani |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 157,224 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Maithili, Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 847402 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 06277 |
Iso Code: | IN-BR |
Ghoghardiha is a city and a notified area in Darbhanga division, Madhubani district in the state of Bihar, India. Ghoghardiha is also a Railway Station which connects Saharsa to Laheria Sarai via Nirmali, Jhanjharpur, Lohana and Sakri.
The old name of this village was Gau-ghaddi (cow home). Later became Ghoghardiha.
At the 2011 India census,[1] Ghoghardiha had a population of 157,224 (80,796 males and 76,428 females.
Darbhanga Airport is the nearest airport around 73 km away in India and Rajbiraj Airport is the nearest airport roughly 59 km away in Nepal and can be accessed by Kunauli border. One can easily take erickshaw from border to Airport. Shree Airlines operates daily flights between Rajbiraj and Kathmandu[2] The flight will cost roughly Rs 1,800 INR.