About Gangapur Athar Village

Gangapur Athar is one of the larger villages in Sarairanjan tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,408, made up of 4,887 males and 4,521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422 hectares hectares.

Gangapur Athar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur Athar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Sarairanjan
Area (hectares)	422 hectares
Population	9,408
Male Population	4,887
Female Population	4,521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangapur Athar compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur Athar is the 9th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 4,787 residents. Its 422 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Gangapur Athar

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

Gangapur Athar lies about 8.1 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Karpurigram, about 5.5 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 Athar
Nearest railway station	Karpurigram	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarairanjan	6.2 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	8.1 km
Nearest town	Samāstipur	8.1 km

Villages closest to Gangapur Athar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur Athar village had a population of 9,408. That makes it the 9th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,787 residents.

Gangapur Athar village has 4,887 males and 4,521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur Athar has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Gangapur Athar covers 422 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gangapur Athar falls under Sarairanjan tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur Athar is Karpurigram, about 5.5 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 village for Gangapur Athar.

Gangapur Athar is about 8.1 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur Athar is in Sarairanjan tehsil of Samastipur district. Karpurigram is about 5.5 km away. Sarairanjan is about 6.2 km away. Samastipur is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.