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About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a mid sized village in Mundargi tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 982, made up of 524 males and 458 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 733.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gadag
Tehsil Mundargi
Pincode 582118
Area (hectares) 733.06 hectares
Population 982
Male Population 524
Female Population 458
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 37th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents. Its 733.06 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Gangapur

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

Gangapur lies about 46 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Banni Koppa, about 35 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 Gangapur
Nearest town Hadagalli 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Mundargi 12 km
Nearest railway station Banni Koppa 35 km
District headquarters Gadag 46 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur village had a population of 982. That makes it the 37th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents.

Gangapur village has 524 males and 458 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Gangapur is 582118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangapur covers 733.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangapur falls under Mundargi tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Banni Koppa, about 35 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 10+ km distance for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 46 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Mundargi tehsil of Gadag district. Hadagalli is about 10 km away. Mundargi is about 12 km away. Banni Koppa is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sheernahalli (under 2 km), Korlhalli (2.9 km) and Bidnal (3.9 km).

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

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