About Gangta Kalan Village

Gangta Kalan is a mid sized village in Pathargama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,494, made up of 801 males and 693 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares.

Gangta Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangta Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Pathargama
Area (hectares)	47 hectares
Population	1,494
Male Population	801
Female Population	693
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangta Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gangta Kalan is the 19th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 805 residents. Its 47 hectares work out to about 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Gangta Kalan

Gangta Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangta Kalan as Available within 5 - 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 Kalan from other places

Gangta Kalan 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 Kalan
District headquarters	Godda	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathargama	15 km

Villages closest to Gangta Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathargama 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 Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangta Kalan village had a population of 1,494. That makes it the 19th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 805 residents.

Gangta Kalan village has 801 males and 693 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangta Kalan has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Gangta Kalan covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gangta Kalan falls under Pathargama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Gangta Kalan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Gangta Kalan 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 Kalan is in Pathargama tehsil of Godda district. Godda is about under 2 km away. Pathargama is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.