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About Gangasagara Village

Gangasagara is a mid sized village in Pavagada tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,123, made up of 559 males and 564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 612.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 561202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangasagara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangasagara village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Pavagada
Pincode 561202
Area (hectares) 612.16 hectares
Population 1,123
Male Population 559
Female Population 564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangasagara compares

By the 2011 count Gangasagara is the 79th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 612.16 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Gangasagara

Gangasagara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangasagara 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangasagara from other places

Gangasagara lies about 94 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Pavagada, about 7.8 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 Gangasagara
Nearest railway station Pavagada 7.8 km
Nearest town Pāvugada 8.8 km
District headquarters Tumkur 94 km

Villages closest to Gangasagara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangasagara village had a population of 1,123. That makes it the 79th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Gangasagara village has 559 males and 564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangasagara has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Gangasagara is 561202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangasagara covers 612.16 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.

Gangasagara falls under Pavagada tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gangasagara is Pavagada, about 7.8 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 village for Gangasagara.

Gangasagara is about 94 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangasagara is in Pavagada tehsil of Tumkur district. Pavagada is about 7.8 km away. Pāvugada is about 8.8 km away. Tumkur is about 94 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Talamaradahalli (1.8 km), Kanikalabande (2.4 km) and Kenchaganahalli (2.7 km).

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

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