About Gangpur Village

Gangpur is a mid sized village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 898, made up of 470 males and 428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35 hectares hectares.

Gangpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares)	35 hectares
Population	898
Male Population	470
Female Population	428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gangpur compares

By the 2011 count Gangpur is the 119th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 35 hectares work out to about 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Gangpur

Gangpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangpur as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 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 29 km from Dhanbad, 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 Gangpur
Nearest railway station	Vidyasagar	22 km
Nearest town	Giridih	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda	29 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	29 km

Villages closest to Gangpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 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 898. That makes it the 119th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Gangpur village has 470 males and 428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangpur has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Gangpur covers 35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gangpur falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangpur is Vidyasagar, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gangpur.

Gangpur is about 29 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangpur is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Vidyasagar is about 22 km away. Giridih is about 24 km away. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.