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About Gangiya Village

Gangiya is a mid sized village in Seoni Malwa tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 845, made up of 458 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.15 hectares hectares.

Gangiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Seoni Malwa
Area (hectares) 413.15 hectares
Population 845
Male Population 458
Female Population 387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangiya compares

By the 2011 count Gangiya is the 72nd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 413.15 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Gangiya

Gangiya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gangiya as Available within 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 Gangiya from other places

Gangiya lies about 60 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Pagdhal, 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 Gangiya
Nearest railway station Pagdhal 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Seoni Malwa 17 km
Nearest town Seoni Mālwa 17 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 60 km

Villages closest to Gangiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Seoni Malwa 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 Gangiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangiya village had a population of 845. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Gangiya village has 458 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangiya has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Gangiya covers 413.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangiya falls under Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangiya is Pagdhal, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gangiya.

Gangiya is about 60 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangiya is in Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Pagdhal is about 12 km away. Seoni Malwa is about 17 km away. Seoni Mālwa is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Santai (2.1 km), Ghana (2.4 km) and Bandarkho (3.8 km).

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

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