About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a small village in Karanja tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 91 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,132 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.98 hectares hectares.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Karanja
Area (hectares)	208.98 hectares
Population	194
Male Population	91
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,132
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 117th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 208.98 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 935.

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 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 58 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Dadgaon, about 1.5 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
Nearest railway station	Dadgaon	1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karanja	5.6 km
Nearest town	Kāranja	5.6 km
District headquarters	Washim	58 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karanja 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 194. That makes it the 117th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Gangapur village has 91 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 1132 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Gangapur covers 208.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangapur falls under Karanja tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Dadgaon, about 1.5 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 10+ km distance for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 58 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Karanja tehsil of Washim district. Dadgaon is about 1.5 km away. Karanja is about 5.6 km away. Kāranja is about 5.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.