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About Gangajal Village

Gangajal is a large village in Sonepur tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,867, made up of 1,487 males and 1,380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 523 hectares hectares.

Gangajal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangajal village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Sonepur
Area (hectares) 523 hectares
Population 2,867
Male Population 1,487
Female Population 1,380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gangajal compares

By the 2011 count Gangajal is the 28th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,234 residents. Its 523 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Gangajal

The census records public bus service for Gangajal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangajal from other places

Gangajal lies about 64 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction, about under 2 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 Gangajal
Nearest railway station Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonepur 4.3 km
District headquarters Saran 64 km

Villages closest to Gangajal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangajal village had a population of 2,867. That makes it the 28th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,234 residents.

Gangajal village has 1,487 males and 1,380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangajal has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

Gangajal covers 523 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangajal falls under Sonepur tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gangajal is Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Gangajal is about 64 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangajal is in Sonepur tehsil of Saran district. Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction is about under 2 km away. Sonepur is about 4.3 km away. Saran is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mirzapur (under 2 km), Chausia (under 2 km) and Badurahi (under 2 km).

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

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