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About Ganeshpur Village

Ganeshpur is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 518, made up of 247 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491988, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganeshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganeshpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Basna
Pincode 491988
Area (hectares) 250.75 hectares
Population 518
Male Population 247
Female Population 271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,097
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganeshpur compares

By the 2011 count Ganeshpur is the 144th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 250.75 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Ganeshpur

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

Ganeshpur lies about 68 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 37 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 Ganeshpur
Tehsil headquarters Basna 14 km
Nearest town Saraipali 31 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 37 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 68 km

Villages closest to Ganeshpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganeshpur village had a population of 518. That makes it the 144th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Ganeshpur village has 247 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganeshpur has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Ganeshpur is 491988. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganeshpur covers 250.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganeshpur falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ganeshpur is Komakhan railway station, about 37 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 Ganeshpur.

Ganeshpur is about 68 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganeshpur is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 14 km away. Saraipali is about 31 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Indarpur (2.2 km), Kapsakhuta (3.9 km) and Keramuda Tukada Urf Basantpur (5.0 km).

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

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