About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a small village in Karma Tanr Vidyasagar tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 114 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815352, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Karma Tanr Vidyasagar
Pincode	815352
Area (hectares)	47.15 hectares
Population	237
Male Population	114
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
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 Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 109th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 47.15 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Gangapur

Gangapur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gangapur 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangapur from other places

Gangapur lies about 12 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Kaseetar Halt, about 9.5 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 Gangapur
Nearest railway station	Kaseetar Halt	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karma Tanr Vidyasagar	12 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	12 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	12 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karma Tanr Vidyasagar 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 Gangapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur village had a population of 237. That makes it the 109th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Gangapur village has 114 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Gangapur is 815352. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangapur covers 47.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangapur falls under Karma Tanr Vidyasagar tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Kaseetar Halt, about 9.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 12 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Karma Tanr Vidyasagar tehsil of Jamtara district. Kaseetar Halt is about 9.5 km away. Karma Tanr Vidyasagar is about 12 km away. Jamtara is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.