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About Gangpur Village

Gangpur is a mid sized village in Barghat tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 969, made up of 499 males and 470 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 322.05 hectares hectares.

Gangpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Barghat
Area (hectares) 322.05 hectares
Population 969
Male Population 499
Female Population 470
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangpur compares

By the 2011 count Gangpur is the 80th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents. Its 322.05 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Gangpur

Gangpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangpur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Gangpur from other places

Gangpur lies about 30 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Bhoma, 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 Gangpur
Tehsil headquarters Barghat 10 km
Nearest railway station Bhoma 21 km
District headquarters Seoni 30 km

Villages closest to Gangpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangpur village had a population of 969. That makes it the 80th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents.

Gangpur village has 499 males and 470 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangpur has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Gangpur covers 322.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangpur falls under Barghat tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangpur is Bhoma, about 21 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gangpur.

Gangpur is about 30 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangpur is in Barghat tehsil of Seoni district. Barghat is about 10 km away. Bhoma is about 21 km away. Seoni is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalpur (under 2 km), Dharna Khurd (1.5 km) and Dharna Kalan (1.9 km).

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

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