About Gangpur Village

Gangpur is a mid sized village in Hat Gamharia tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 745, made up of 359 males and 386 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Hat Gamharia
Pincode	833214
Area (hectares)	265 hectares
Population	745
Male Population	359
Female Population	386
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
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 Gangpur compares

By the 2011 count Gangpur is the 35th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,252 residents. Its 265 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Gangpur

Gangpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangpur 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 Gangpur from other places

Gangpur lies about 29 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 4.0 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 Gangpur
Nearest railway station	Rajkharsawan Junction	4.0 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hat Gamharia	29 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	29 km

Villages closest to Gangpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hat Gamharia 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 Gangpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangpur village had a population of 745. That makes it the 35th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,252 residents.

Gangpur village has 359 males and 386 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangpur has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Gangpur is 833214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangpur covers 265 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangpur falls under Hat Gamharia tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangpur is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 4.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gangpur.

Gangpur is about 29 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangpur is in Hat Gamharia tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 4.0 km away. Chakradharpur is about 23 km away. Hat Gamharia is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.