About Gangara Village

Gangara is a small village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 282, made up of 153 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangara village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573218
Area (hectares)	173.74 hectares
Population	282
Male Population	153
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangara compares

By the 2011 count Gangara is the 97th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 318 residents. Its 173.74 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1023.

Getting to Gangara

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

Gangara lies about 20 km from Hassan. 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 Gangara
Tehsil headquarters	Alur	10 km
District headquarters	Hassan	20 km

Villages closest to Gangara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangara village had a population of 282. That makes it the 97th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 318 residents.

Gangara village has 153 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangara has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Gangara is 573218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangara covers 173.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangara falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The census record for Gangara notes the nearest railway station 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 Gangara.

Gangara is about 20 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangara is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Alur is about 10 km away. Hassan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.