About Gantan Village

Gantan is a small village in Lunkaransar tehsil, in the district of Bikaner, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13, made up of 7 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1619 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 334603, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Gantan compares

By the 2011 count Gantan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,709 residents. Its 1619 hectares work out to about 0.0 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 911.

Getting to Gantan

Gantan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gantan as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Doodimuklera, Doodiwali, Dulchasar and Dulmera. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.