About Gangta Village

Gangta is a mid sized village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 807, made up of 412 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825420, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825420
Area (hectares)	96.02 hectares
Population	807
Male Population	412
Female Population	395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangta compares

By the 2011 count Gangta is the 74th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 96.02 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Gangta

Gangta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gangta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gangta from other places

Gangta lies about 34 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 34 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 Gangta
Nearest town	Sherghāti	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	34 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	34 km
District headquarters	Chatra	34 km

Villages closest to Gangta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Gangta

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangta village had a population of 807. That makes it the 74th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Gangta village has 412 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangta has about 959 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 962.

The pincode recorded for Gangta is 825420. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangta covers 96.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gangta falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangta is Guraru, about 34 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 10+ km distance for Gangta.

Gangta is about 34 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangta is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 5.9 km away. Guraru is about 34 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.