About Gangta Village

Gangta is a large village in Kharagpur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,366, made up of 2,320 males and 2,046 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1773 hectares hectares.

Gangta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Kharagpur
Area (hectares)	1773 hectares
Population	4,366
Male Population	2,320
Female Population	2,046
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangta compares

By the 2011 count Gangta is the 10th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 1773 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Gangta

Gangta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangta as Available within village. 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 Gangta from other places

Gangta lies about 37 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Dasharathpur, about 26 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 Gangta
Tehsil headquarters	Kharagpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Dasharathpur	26 km
District headquarters	Munger	37 km

Villages closest to Gangta

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Gangta

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangta village had a population of 4,366. That makes it the 10th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Gangta village has 2,320 males and 2,046 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangta has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Gangta covers 1773 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangta falls under Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gangta is Dasharathpur, about 26 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gangta.

Gangta is about 37 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangta is in Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district. Kharagpur is about 11 km away. Dasharathpur is about 26 km away. Munger is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.