About Gaganpur Village

Gaganpur is a small village in Margo Munda tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 110 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaganpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaganpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Margo Munda
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	41 hectares
Population	216
Male Population	110
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaganpur compares

By the 2011 count Gaganpur is the 88th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 731 residents. Its 41 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 963.

Getting to Gaganpur

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

Gaganpur lies about 53 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Vidyasagar, about 22 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 Gaganpur
Tehsil headquarters	Margo Munda	16 km
Nearest railway station	Vidyasagar	22 km
Nearest town	Giridih	24 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	53 km

Villages closest to Gaganpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Margo Munda 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 Gaganpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaganpur village had a population of 216. That makes it the 88th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 731 residents.

Gaganpur village has 110 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaganpur has about 964 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 963.

The pincode recorded for Gaganpur is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaganpur covers 41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gaganpur falls under Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gaganpur is Vidyasagar, about 22 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 10+ km distance for Gaganpur.

Gaganpur is about 53 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaganpur is in Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district. Margo Munda is about 16 km away. Vidyasagar is about 22 km away. Giridih is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.