About Gananathpur Village

Gananathpur is a small village in Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 89 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gananathpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gananathpur village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Sadar
Pincode	766001
Area (hectares)	66 hectares
Population	175
Male Population	89
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gananathpur compares

By the 2011 count Gananathpur is the 187th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 501 residents. Its 66 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Gananathpur

Gananathpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gananathpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gananathpur from other places

Gananathpur lies about 5.2 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Mahipur, about 3.7 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 Gananathpur
Nearest railway station	Mahipur	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sadar	5.2 km
District headquarters	Kalahandi	5.2 km
Nearest town	Bhanjanagar	55 km

Villages closest to Gananathpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gananathpur village had a population of 175. That makes it the 187th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 501 residents.

Gananathpur village has 89 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gananathpur has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Gananathpur is 766001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gananathpur covers 66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gananathpur falls under Sadar tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Gananathpur is Mahipur, about 3.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gananathpur.

Gananathpur is about 5.2 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gananathpur is in Sadar tehsil of Kalahandi district. Mahipur is about 3.7 km away. Sadar is about 5.2 km away. Kalahandi is about 5.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.