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About Gangur Village

Gangur is a mid sized village in Hungund tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,817, made up of 881 males and 936 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1222.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bagalkot
Tehsil Hungund
Pincode 587112
Area (hectares) 1222.53 hectares
Population 1,817
Male Population 881
Female Population 936
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangur compares

By the 2011 count Gangur is the 31st largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents. Its 1222.53 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Gangur

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

Gangur lies about 41 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Kudala Sangama, about 21 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 Gangur
Nearest town Muddebihāl 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Hungund 20 km
Nearest railway station Kudala Sangama 21 km
District headquarters Bagalkot 41 km

Villages closest to Gangur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangur village had a population of 1,817. That makes it the 31st largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents.

Gangur village has 881 males and 936 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangur has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Gangur is 587112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangur covers 1222.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangur falls under Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gangur is Kudala Sangama, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gangur.

Gangur is about 41 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangur is in Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district. Muddebihāl is about 12 km away. Hungund is about 20 km away. Kudala Sangama is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katagur (2.3 km), Turadagi (2.5 km) and Valakaladinni (4.1 km).

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

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