About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a mid sized village in Akkalkuwa tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,420, made up of 678 males and 742 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 425415, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nandurbar
Tehsil	Akkalkuwa
Pincode	425415
Area (hectares)	240.67 hectares
Population	1,420
Male Population	678
Female Population	742
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 54th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents. Its 240.67 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

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 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 34 km from Nandurbar, and the nearest railway station is Dhekvad, about 30 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	Akkalkuwa	3.7 km
Nearest town	Taloda	20 km
Nearest railway station	Dhekvad	30 km
District headquarters	Nandurbar	34 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akkalkuwa 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 1,420. That makes it the 54th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents.

Gangapur village has 678 males and 742 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Gangapur is 425415. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangapur covers 240.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangapur falls under Akkalkuwa tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Dhekvad, about 30 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 10+ km distance for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 34 km from Nandurbar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Akkalkuwa tehsil of Nandurbar district. Akkalkuwa is about 3.7 km away. Taloda is about 20 km away. Dhekvad is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.