About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a mid sized village in Nargund tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 668, made up of 336 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 364.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582207, 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	Nargund
Pincode	582207
Area (hectares)	364.02 hectares
Population	668
Male Population	336
Female Population	332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
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 29th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents. Its 364.02 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Gangapur

Gangapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 38 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Somanakatti, about 12 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 railway station	Somanakatti	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nargund	15 km
District headquarters	Gadag	38 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur village had a population of 668. That makes it the 29th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents.

Gangapur village has 336 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Gangapur is 582207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangapur covers 364.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangapur falls under Nargund tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Somanakatti, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 38 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 Nargund tehsil of Gadag district. Somanakatti is about 12 km away. Nargund is about 15 km away. Gadag is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.