About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a large village in Bhudargad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,794, made up of 1,441 males and 1,353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 576 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Bhudargad
Pincode	416209
Area (hectares)	576 hectares
Population	2,794
Male Population	1,441
Female Population	1,353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 13th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents. Its 576 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 1003.

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 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 37 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 38 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	Bhudargad	14 km
Nearest town	Nipāni	23 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	37 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	38 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhudargad 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 2,794. That makes it the 13th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents.

Gangapur village has 1,441 males and 1,353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Gangapur is 416209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangapur covers 576 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangapur falls under Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 38 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 37 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bhudargad is about 14 km away. Nipāni is about 23 km away. Kolhapur is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.