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About Ganjabahal Village

Ganjabahal is a mid sized village in Bangomunda tehsil, in the district of Balangir, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 529, made up of 263 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 767040, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganjabahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganjabahal village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Balangir
Tehsil Bangomunda
Pincode 767040
Area (hectares) 155 hectares
Population 529
Male Population 263
Female Population 266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganjabahal compares

By the 2011 count Ganjabahal is the 42nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 714 residents. Its 155 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Ganjabahal

Ganjabahal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ganjabahal as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Ganjabahal from other places

Ganjabahal lies about 104 km from Balangir, and the nearest railway station is Junagarh Road, about 39 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 Ganjabahal
Tehsil headquarters Bangomunda 33 km
Nearest railway station Junagarh Road 39 km
Nearest town Kantābānji 44 km
District headquarters Balangir 104 km

Villages closest to Ganjabahal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganjabahal village had a population of 529. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 714 residents.

Ganjabahal village has 263 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganjabahal has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Ganjabahal is 767040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganjabahal covers 155 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganjabahal falls under Bangomunda tehsil of Balangir district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Ganjabahal is Junagarh Road, about 39 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ganjabahal.

Ganjabahal is about 104 km from Balangir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganjabahal is in Bangomunda tehsil of Balangir district. Bangomunda is about 33 km away. Junagarh Road is about 39 km away. Kantābānji is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mundapadar (1.6 km), Dumerpara (7.4 km) and Malibahal (9.2 km).

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

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