About Gangda Village

Gangda is a mid sized village in Manoharpur tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 947, made up of 522 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 581.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Manoharpur
Pincode	833104
Area (hectares)	581.82 hectares
Population	947
Male Population	522
Female Population	425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	814
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 Gangda compares

By the 2011 count Gangda is the 22nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 581.82 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Gangda

Gangda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gangda 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 Gangda from other places

Gangda lies about 39 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Gua, about 10 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 Gangda
Nearest railway station	Gua	10 km
Nearest town	Bada Barabīl	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Manoharpur	23 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	39 km

Villages closest to Gangda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangda village had a population of 947. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Gangda village has 522 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangda has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Gangda is 833104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangda covers 581.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangda falls under Manoharpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangda is Gua, about 10 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 Gangda.

Gangda is about 39 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangda is in Manoharpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Gua is about 10 km away. Bada Barabīl is about 21 km away. Manoharpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.