About Ghangipur Village

Ghangipur is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 163, made up of 75 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,173 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghangipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghangipur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	70 hectares
Population	163
Male Population	75
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,173
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 Ghangipur compares

By the 2011 count Ghangipur is the 126th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Ghangipur

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

Ghangipur lies about 7.9 km from Borio, and the nearest railway station is Sahibganj, about 17 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 Ghangipur
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Sahibganj	17 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	18 km

Villages closest to Ghangipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghangipur village had a population of 163. That makes it the 126th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Ghangipur village has 75 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghangipur has about 1173 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Ghangipur is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghangipur covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghangipur falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghangipur is Sahibganj, about 17 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 Ghangipur.

Ghangipur is about 7.9 km from Borio in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghangipur is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 7.9 km away. Sahibganj is about 17 km away. Sāhibganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.