About Gangapura Village

Gangapura is a mid sized village in Kolayat tehsil, in the district of Bikaner, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,697, made up of 942 males and 755 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 801 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4066 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 334001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapura village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Bikaner
Tehsil	Kolayat
Pincode	334001
Area (hectares)	4066 hectares
Population	1,697
Male Population	942
Female Population	755
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	801
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangapura compares

By the 2011 count Gangapura is the 52nd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents. Its 4066 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Gangapura

Gangapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangapura as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gangapura from other places

Gangapura lies about 40 km from Bikaner, and the nearest railway station is Channi, about 13 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 Gangapura
Nearest railway station	Channi	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolayat	15 km
District headquarters	Bikaner	40 km

Villages closest to Gangapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapura village had a population of 1,697. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents.

Gangapura village has 942 males and 755 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapura has about 801 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Gangapura is 334001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangapura covers 4066 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangapura falls under Kolayat tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Gangapura is Channi, about 13 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 village for Gangapura.

Gangapura is about 40 km from Bikaner in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapura is in Kolayat tehsil of Bikaner district. Channi is about 13 km away. Kolayat is about 15 km away. Bikaner is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.