About Gangtia Village

Gangtia is a mid sized village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 555, made up of 256 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,168 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156 hectares hectares.

Gangtia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangtia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Area (hectares)	156 hectares
Population	555
Male Population	256
Female Population	299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,168
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gangtia compares

By the 2011 count Gangtia is the 45th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 156 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Gangtia

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

Gangtia lies about 24 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 1.9 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 Gangtia
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	4.1 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	11 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	24 km

Villages closest to Gangtia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangtia village had a population of 555. That makes it the 45th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Gangtia village has 256 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangtia has about 1168 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Gangtia covers 156 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangtia falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangtia is Kalian Chak, about 1.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gangtia.

Gangtia is about 24 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangtia is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Kalian Chak is about 1.9 km away. Taljhari is about 4.1 km away. Rājmahal is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.