About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a mid sized village in Sakri tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,146, made up of 616 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 922 hectares hectares.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Dhule
Tehsil	Sakri
Area (hectares)	922 hectares
Population	1,146
Male Population	616
Female Population	530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 142nd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents. Its 922 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 Gangapur

Gangapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangapur from other places

Gangapur lies about 8.0 km from Sakri, and the nearest railway station is Dhule, about 41 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	Sakri	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Dhule	41 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur village had a population of 1,146. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents.

Gangapur village has 616 males and 530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Gangapur covers 922 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.

Gangapur falls under Sakri tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Dhule, about 41 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 8.0 km from Sakri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Sakri tehsil of Dhule district. Sakri is about 8.0 km away. Dhule is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.