Skip to main content

About Gharapur Village

Gharapur is a mid sized village in Himayatnagar tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 700, made up of 347 males and 353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 657.08 hectares hectares.

Gharapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharapur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Himayatnagar
Area (hectares) 657.08 hectares
Population 700
Male Population 347
Female Population 353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gharapur compares

By the 2011 count Gharapur is the 49th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,544 residents. Its 657.08 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Gharapur

Gharapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gharapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gharapur from other places

Gharapur lies about 15 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Pathrad, about 9.2 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 Gharapur
Nearest railway station Pathrad 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Himayatnagar 15 km
District headquarters Nanded 15 km

Villages closest to Gharapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharapur village had a population of 700. That makes it the 49th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,544 residents.

Gharapur village has 347 males and 353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharapur has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Gharapur covers 657.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gharapur falls under Himayatnagar tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gharapur is Pathrad, about 9.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gharapur.

Gharapur is about 15 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharapur is in Himayatnagar tehsil of Nanded district. Pathrad is about 9.2 km away. Himayatnagar is about 15 km away. Nanded is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamarwadi (5.9 km), Khairagaon (6.4 km) and Khairgaon (6.4 km).

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

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.