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About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a small village in Garhakota tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 77 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.18 hectares hectares.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Garhakota
Area (hectares) 184.18 hectares
Population 161
Male Population 77
Female Population 84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 87th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 866 residents. Its 184.18 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 908.

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 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangapur from other places

Gangapur lies about 52 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Aslana, about 21 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 Garhakota 12 km
Nearest town Garhākota 12 km
Nearest railway station Aslana 21 km
District headquarters Sagar 52 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur village had a population of 161. That makes it the 87th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 866 residents.

Gangapur village has 77 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Gangapur covers 184.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangapur falls under Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Aslana, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Gangapur is about 52 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district. Garhakota is about 12 km away. Garhākota is about 12 km away. Aslana is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badipura (under 2 km), Dudkhera (under 2 km) and Chhulla (2.3 km).

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

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