About Gajpur Village

Gajpur is a small village in Sonua tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 463, made up of 239 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Sonua
Pincode	833103
Area (hectares)	77.75 hectares
Population	463
Male Population	239
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gajpur compares

By the 2011 count Gajpur is the 60th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 77.75 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Gajpur

Gajpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gajpur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gajpur from other places

Gajpur lies about 22 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Tunia, about 2.1 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 Gajpur
Nearest railway station	Tunia	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonua	7.2 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	22 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	27 km

Villages closest to Gajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajpur village had a population of 463. That makes it the 60th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Gajpur village has 239 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajpur has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Gajpur is 833103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gajpur covers 77.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gajpur falls under Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gajpur is Tunia, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gajpur.

Gajpur is about 22 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajpur is in Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Tunia is about 2.1 km away. Sonua is about 7.2 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.