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About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a small village in Deoli tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 100 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 700 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.02 hectares hectares.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Wardha
Tehsil Deoli
Area (hectares) 206.02 hectares
Population 170
Male Population 100
Female Population 70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 700
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 80th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 206.02 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 959.

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 25 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Dahegaon, about 22 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 Deoli 13 km
Nearest railway station Dahegaon 22 km
Nearest town Sindi 25 km
District headquarters Wardha 25 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur village had a population of 170. That makes it the 80th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Gangapur village has 100 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 700 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Gangapur covers 206.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangapur falls under Deoli tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Dahegaon, about 22 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 25 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Deoli tehsil of Wardha district. Deoli is about 13 km away. Dahegaon is about 22 km away. Sindi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gagapur (under 2 km), Raipur (under 2 km) and Andori (1.7 km).

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

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