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About Gangarampur Village

Gangarampur is a mid sized village in Pirpainti tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 501, made up of 286 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 752 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86 hectares hectares.

Gangarampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangarampur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Pirpainti
Area (hectares) 86 hectares
Population 501
Male Population 286
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 752
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Gangarampur compares

By the 2011 count Gangarampur is the 62nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents. Its 86 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 876.

Getting to Gangarampur

Gangarampur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gangarampur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangarampur from other places

Gangarampur lies about 31 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 10 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 Gangarampur
Nearest railway station Ekchari 10 km
Nearest town Colgong 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Pirpainti 27 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 31 km

Villages closest to Gangarampur

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

Common questions about Gangarampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangarampur village had a population of 501. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents.

Gangarampur village has 286 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangarampur has about 752 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 876.

Gangarampur covers 86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangarampur falls under Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gangarampur is Ekchari, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gangarampur.

Gangarampur is about 31 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangarampur is in Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ekchari is about 10 km away. Colgong is about 14 km away. Pirpainti is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pakaria (5.1 km), Mayanagar (7.6 km) and Gopalpur (10 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gangarampur today is likely to be higher.

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