About Gangalapur Village

Gangalapur is a mid sized village in Sandur tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 812, made up of 424 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 348.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangalapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangalapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bellary
Tehsil	Sandur
Pincode	583134
Area (hectares)	348.44 hectares
Population	812
Male Population	424
Female Population	388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gangalapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangalapur is the 59th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,414 residents. Its 348.44 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Gangalapur

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

Gangalapur lies about 33 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Bannihatti, about under 2 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 Gangalapur
Nearest railway station	Bannihatti	under 2 km
Nearest town	Kurikuppi	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sandur	9.7 km
District headquarters	Bellary	33 km

Villages closest to Gangalapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangalapur village had a population of 812. That makes it the 59th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,414 residents.

Gangalapur village has 424 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangalapur has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Gangalapur is 583134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangalapur covers 348.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangalapur falls under Sandur tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gangalapur is Bannihatti, about under 2 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 village for Gangalapur.

Gangalapur is about 33 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangalapur is in Sandur tehsil of Bellary district. Bannihatti is about under 2 km away. Kurikuppi is about 8.8 km away. Sandur is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.