About Gansa Village

Gansa is a mid sized village in Mahuadanr tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 272 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gansa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gansa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Mahuadanr
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	381 hectares
Population	548
Male Population	272
Female Population	276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gansa compares

By the 2011 count Gansa is the 57th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 740 residents. Its 381 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, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Gansa

Gansa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gansa as Available within village. 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 Gansa from other places

Gansa lies about 65 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kajri, about 38 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 Gansa
Tehsil headquarters	Mahuadanr	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kajri	38 km
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	41 km
District headquarters	Latehar	65 km

Villages closest to Gansa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gansa village had a population of 548. That makes it the 57th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 740 residents.

Gansa village has 272 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gansa has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Gansa is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gansa covers 381 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.

Gansa falls under Mahuadanr tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gansa is Kajri, about 38 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gansa.

Gansa is about 65 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gansa is in Mahuadanr tehsil of Latehar district. Mahuadanr is about 23 km away. Kajri is about 38 km away. Nabīnagar is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.