About Gangtan Village

Gangtan is a mid sized village in Beri tehsil, in the district of Jhajjar, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,517, made up of 814 males and 703 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 124107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangtan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangtan village
Description	Value
State	Haryana
District	Jhajjar
Tehsil	Beri
Pincode	124107
Area (hectares)	461 hectares
Population	1,517
Male Population	814
Female Population	703
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangtan compares

By the 2011 count Gangtan is the 33rd largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,680 residents. Its 461 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 872.

Getting to Gangtan

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

Gangtan lies about 18 km from Jhajjar, and the nearest railway station is Dighal, about 2.6 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 Gangtan
Nearest railway station	Dighal	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Beri	9.3 km
Nearest town	Sāmpla	13 km
District headquarters	Jhajjar	18 km

Villages closest to Gangtan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangtan village had a population of 1,517. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,680 residents.

Gangtan village has 814 males and 703 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangtan has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 872.

The pincode recorded for Gangtan is 124107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangtan covers 461 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangtan falls under Beri tehsil of Jhajjar district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Gangtan is Dighal, about 2.6 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 Gangtan.

Gangtan is about 18 km from Jhajjar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangtan is in Beri tehsil of Jhajjar district. Dighal is about 2.6 km away. Beri is about 9.3 km away. Sāmpla is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.