About Gangta Village

Gangta is a small village in Godda tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 111 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,216 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares.

Gangta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Godda
Area (hectares)	172 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	111
Female Population	135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,216
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangta compares

By the 2011 count Gangta is the 159th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,113 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Gangta

Gangta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 under 2 km from Godda. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Godda	under 2 km

Villages closest to Gangta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Godda 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 246. That makes it the 159th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,113 residents.

Gangta village has 111 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangta has about 1216 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Gangta covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangta falls under Godda tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Gangta 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gangta.

Gangta is about under 2 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangta is in Godda tehsil of Godda district. Godda is about under 2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.