About Gangan Village

Gangan is a mid sized village in Shahbad tehsil, in the district of Baran, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 679, made up of 357 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 325217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangan village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Baran
Tehsil	Shahbad
Pincode	325217
Area (hectares)	235 hectares
Population	679
Male Population	357
Female Population	322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
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 Gangan compares

By the 2011 count Gangan is the 70th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 235 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 935.

Getting to Gangan

Gangan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangan 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 Gangan from other places

Gangan lies about 74 km from Baran, and the nearest railway station is Khonker, about 36 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 Gangan
Tehsil headquarters	Shahbad	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Khonker	36 km
Nearest town	Shivpuri	47 km
District headquarters	Baran	74 km

Villages closest to Gangan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangan village had a population of 679. That makes it the 70th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Gangan village has 357 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangan has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Gangan is 325217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangan covers 235 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangan falls under Shahbad tehsil of Baran district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Gangan is Khonker, about 36 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 Gangan.

Gangan is about 74 km from Baran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangan is in Shahbad tehsil of Baran district. Shahbad is about 7.6 km away. Khonker is about 36 km away. Shivpuri is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.