About Gangai Village

Gangai is a small village in Ghansaur tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 453, made up of 242 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 375.04 hectares hectares.

Gangai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni
Tehsil	Ghansaur
Area (hectares)	375.04 hectares
Population	453
Male Population	242
Female Population	211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangai compares

By the 2011 count Gangai is the 127th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 593 residents. Its 375.04 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Gangai

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

How far is Gangai from other places

Gangai lies about 91 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Shikara, about 8.4 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 Gangai
Nearest railway station	Shikara	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansaur	18 km
Nearest town	Jabalpur	39 km
District headquarters	Seoni	91 km

Villages closest to Gangai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangai village had a population of 453. That makes it the 127th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 593 residents.

Gangai village has 242 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangai has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Gangai covers 375.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangai falls under Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangai is Shikara, about 8.4 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 village for Gangai.

Gangai is about 91 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangai is in Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district. Shikara is about 8.4 km away. Ghansaur is about 18 km away. Jabalpur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.