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About Gangpur Village

Gangpur is a small village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 138 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Saraikela
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 60 hectares
Population 267
Male Population 138
Female Population 129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gangpur compares

By the 2011 count Gangpur is the 108th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 60 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 Gangpur

The census records public bus service for Gangpur as Available within <5 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangpur from other places

Gangpur lies about 15 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, about 4.9 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 Gangpur
Tehsil headquarters Saraikela 4.5 km
Nearest railway station Mahali Marup 4.9 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 15 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 20 km

Villages closest to Gangpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangpur village had a population of 267. That makes it the 108th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Gangpur village has 138 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangpur has about 935 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 Gangpur is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangpur covers 60 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gangpur is Mahali Marup, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gangpur.

Gangpur is about 15 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangpur is in Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Saraikela is about 4.5 km away. Mahali Marup is about 4.9 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rangpur (under 2 km), Saldih (under 2 km) and Kita (under 2 km).

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

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