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About Gangajal Village

Gangajal is a large village in Raja Pakar tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,081, made up of 1,129 males and 952 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49 hectares hectares.

Gangajal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangajal village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Vaishali
Tehsil Raja Pakar
Area (hectares) 49 hectares
Population 2,081
Male Population 1,129
Female Population 952
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 843
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gangajal compares

By the 2011 count Gangajal is the 24th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,355 residents. Its 49 hectares work out to about 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Gangajal

Gangajal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gangajal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 45 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Chak Sikandar, 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 Chak Sikandar under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Raja Pakar 7.0 km
Nearest town Mahnar Bazar 14 km
District headquarters Vaishali 45 km

Villages closest to Gangajal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Raja Pakar 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 2,081. That makes it the 24th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,355 residents.

Gangajal village has 1,129 males and 952 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangajal has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Gangajal covers 49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gangajal falls under Raja Pakar tehsil of Vaishali district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gangajal is Chak Sikandar, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gangajal.

Gangajal is about 45 km from Vaishali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangajal is in Raja Pakar tehsil of Vaishali district. Chak Sikandar is about under 2 km away. Raja Pakar is about 7.0 km away. Mahnar Bazar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gobindpur Jhakhra (under 2 km), Harpur Hardas (2.7 km) and Bakhri Mohanpur Urf Majhaul (2.7 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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