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About Gangei Village

Gangei is a mid sized village in Majhauli tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,536, made up of 808 males and 728 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 586.6 hectares hectares.

Gangei Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangei village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sidhi
Tehsil Majhauli
Area (hectares) 586.6 hectares
Population 1,536
Male Population 808
Female Population 728
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 901
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangei compares

By the 2011 count Gangei is the 32nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents. Its 586.6 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 946.

Getting to Gangei

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

How far is Gangei from other places

Gangei lies about 32 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Joba, about 7.6 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 Gangei
Nearest railway station Joba 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Majhauli 9.3 km
District headquarters Sidhi 32 km

Villages closest to Gangei

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangei village had a population of 1,536. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents.

Gangei village has 808 males and 728 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangei has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Gangei covers 586.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangei falls under Majhauli tehsil of Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangei is Joba, about 7.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gangei.

Gangei is about 32 km from Sidhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangei is in Majhauli tehsil of Sidhi district. Joba is about 7.6 km away. Majhauli is about 9.3 km away. Sidhi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolgarh (under 2 km), Mudheriya (1.6 km) and Paipkhara (2.0 km).

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

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