About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a mid sized village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,573, made up of 738 males and 835 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,131 females per 1000 males. The village covers 397.43 hectares hectares.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Dahi
Area (hectares)	397.43 hectares
Population	1,573
Male Population	738
Female Population	835
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,131
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 32nd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 397.43 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Gangapur

Gangapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gangapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangapur from other places

Gangapur lies about 96 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Alirajpur, about 25 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
Tehsil headquarters	Dahi	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Alirajpur	25 km
Nearest town	Kukshi	26 km
District headquarters	Dhar	96 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dahi 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 1,573. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Gangapur village has 738 males and 835 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 1131 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Gangapur covers 397.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangapur falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Alirajpur, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 96 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Dahi is about 6.6 km away. Alirajpur is about 25 km away. Kukshi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.