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About Gangarampur Village

Gangarampur is a mid sized village in Pathargama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 363 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangarampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangarampur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Pathargama
Pincode 814147
Area (hectares) 127 hectares
Population 695
Male Population 363
Female Population 332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangarampur compares

By the 2011 count Gangarampur is the 65th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 805 residents. Its 127 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Gangarampur

Gangarampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangarampur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangarampur from other places

Gangarampur lies about 7.9 km from Pathargama, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 11 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 Gangarampur
Tehsil headquarters Pathargama 7.9 km
Nearest railway station Godda 11 km

Villages closest to Gangarampur

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.

Common questions about Gangarampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangarampur village had a population of 695. That makes it the 65th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 805 residents.

Gangarampur village has 363 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangarampur has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Gangarampur is 814147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangarampur covers 127 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangarampur falls under Pathargama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangarampur is Godda, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gangarampur.

Gangarampur is about 7.9 km from Pathargama in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangarampur is in Pathargama tehsil of Godda district. Pathargama is about 7.9 km away. Godda is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranipur (1.8 km), Ranipur Dumariya (1.8 km) and Ghutiya (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gangarampur today is likely to be higher.

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