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About Gangadevi Village

Gangadevi is a small village in Kalamb tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 157 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.26 hectares hectares.

Gangadevi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangadevi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Kalamb
Area (hectares) 106.26 hectares
Population 303
Male Population 157
Female Population 146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gangadevi compares

By the 2011 count Gangadevi is the 90th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 839 residents. Its 106.26 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Gangadevi

The census records public bus service for Gangadevi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangadevi from other places

Gangadevi lies about 28 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Pulgaon Junction, about 25 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 Gangadevi
Tehsil headquarters Kalamb 8.0 km
Nearest town Pulgaon 25 km
Nearest railway station Pulgaon Junction 25 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 28 km

Villages closest to Gangadevi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangadevi village had a population of 303. That makes it the 90th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 839 residents.

Gangadevi village has 157 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangadevi has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Gangadevi covers 106.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangadevi falls under Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gangadevi is Pulgaon Junction, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gangadevi.

Gangadevi is about 28 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangadevi is in Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district. Kalamb is about 8.0 km away. Pulgaon is about 25 km away. Pulgaon Junction 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 Mankapur (under 2 km), Sonkhas (1.5 km) and Ganamgaon (1.6 km).

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

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