About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a small village in Chenari tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 102, made up of 55 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Chenari
Pincode	821104
Area (hectares)	98.7 hectares
Population	102
Male Population	55
Female Population	47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 98.7 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, well below the tehsil average of 913.

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 5 - 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 28 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Shiu Sagar Road, about 18 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	Shiu Sagar Road	18 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chenari	28 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	28 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chenari 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 102. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Gangapur village has 55 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Gangapur is 821104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangapur covers 98.7 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 Chenari tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Shiu Sagar Road, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 28 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Chenari tehsil of Rohtas district. Shiu Sagar Road is about 18 km away. Sasarām is about 23 km away. Chenari is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.