About Gangpur Village

Gangpur is a mid sized village in Gidhaur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,605, made up of 829 males and 776 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 823 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Gidhaur
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	823 hectares
Population	1,605
Male Population	829
Female Population	776
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 6th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents. Its 823 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

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 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 23 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 12 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	Gidhaur	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	12 km
District headquarters	Chatra	23 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	23 km

Villages closest to Gangpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gidhaur 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 1,605. That makes it the 6th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents.

Gangpur village has 829 males and 776 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangpur has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Gangpur is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangpur covers 823 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangpur falls under Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangpur is Katkamsandi, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gangpur.

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

Gangpur is in Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district. Gidhaur is about 7.0 km away. Katkamsandi is about 12 km away. Chatra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.