About Ganespur Village

Ganespur is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 608, made up of 342 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganespur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganespur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	63.58 hectares
Population	608
Male Population	342
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	778
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 Ganespur compares

By the 2011 count Ganespur is the 79th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 63.58 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Ganespur

Ganespur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ganespur 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. The nearest villages by name are Durgapur, Gamarpahari, Gamra and Gandarakpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Ganespur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganespur village had a population of 608. That makes it the 79th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Ganespur village has 342 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganespur has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Ganespur is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganespur covers 63.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ganespur falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Ganespur notes the nearest railway station 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 Ganespur.

Ganespur is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.