About Gangpur Village

Gangpur is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,769, made up of 896 males and 873 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 701 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Pincode	829134
Area (hectares)	701 hectares
Population	1,769
Male Population	896
Female Population	873
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangpur compares

By the 2011 count Gangpur is the 25th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 701 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

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 within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gangpur from other places

Gangpur lies about 46 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Jogeswar Bihar, about 8.8 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
Nearest railway station	Jogeswar Bihar	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	16 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	46 km

Villages closest to Gangpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangpur village had a population of 1,769. That makes it the 25th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Gangpur village has 896 males and 873 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangpur has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Gangpur is 829134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangpur covers 701 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangpur falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangpur is Jogeswar Bihar, about 8.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gangpur.

Gangpur is about 46 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangpur is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Jogeswar Bihar is about 8.8 km away. Gumia is about 16 km away. Bokaro is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.