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About Gangpur Village

Gangpur is a mid sized village in Pandariya tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 684, made up of 342 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 772.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Pandariya
Pincode 493558
Area (hectares) 772.54 hectares
Population 684
Male Population 342
Female Population 342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangpur compares

By the 2011 count Gangpur is the 151st largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 772.54 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Gangpur

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

Gangpur lies about 23 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Khongsara, about 68 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 Gangpur
Tehsil headquarters Pandariya 6.0 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 23 km
Nearest town Kawardha 30 km
Nearest railway station Khongsara 68 km

Villages closest to Gangpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangpur village had a population of 684. That makes it the 151st largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Gangpur village has 342 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangpur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Gangpur is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangpur covers 772.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangpur falls under Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gangpur is Khongsara, about 68 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gangpur.

Gangpur is about 23 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangpur is in Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Pandariya is about 6.0 km away. Kabeerdham is about 23 km away. Kawardha is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramhepur (under 2 km), Pandri Pathra (under 2 km) and Bhadga (under 2 km).

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

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