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About Gandpur Village

Gandpur is a mid sized village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 963, made up of 505 males and 458 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kharsawan
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 191 hectares
Population 963
Male Population 505
Female Population 458
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gandpur compares

By the 2011 count Gandpur is the 22nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 191 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 977.

Getting to Gandpur

Gandpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gandpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Gandpur from other places

Gandpur lies about 14 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, 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 Gandpur
Tehsil headquarters Kharsawan 3.0 km
Nearest railway station Rajkharsawan Junction 4.0 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 14 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 23 km

Villages closest to Gandpur

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

Common questions about Gandpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandpur village had a population of 963. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Gandpur village has 505 males and 458 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandpur has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Gandpur is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandpur covers 191 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gandpur falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gandpur is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 4.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gandpur.

Gandpur is about 14 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandpur is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kharsawan is about 3.0 km away. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 4.0 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gopidih (under 2 km), Bardih (under 2 km) and Nayadih (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gandpur today is likely to be higher.

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