About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a small village in Dharhara tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 145, made up of 78 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152 hectares hectares.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Dharhara
Area (hectares)	152 hectares
Population	145
Male Population	78
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 74th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,462 residents. Its 152 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Gangapur

Gangapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangapur from other places

Gangapur lies about 20 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Olapur, about 3.1 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 Gangapur
Nearest railway station	Olapur	3.1 km
Nearest town	Ballia	9.9 km
District headquarters	Munger	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharhara	29 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

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

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Common questions about Gangapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur village had a population of 145. That makes it the 74th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,462 residents.

Gangapur village has 78 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

Gangapur covers 152 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangapur falls under Dharhara tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Olapur, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 20 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Dharhara tehsil of Munger district. Olapur is about 3.1 km away. Ballia is about 9.9 km away. Munger is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.