About Gangapuram Village

Gangapuram is a mid sized village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,419, made up of 720 males and 699 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangapuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapuram village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604208
Area (hectares)	264.06 hectares
Population	1,419
Male Population	720
Female Population	699
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 36 km distance

How Gangapuram compares

By the 2011 count Gangapuram is the 107th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 264.06 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 a little below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Gangapuram

Gangapuram is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gangapuram as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 36 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangapuram from other places

Gangapuram lies about 48 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tindivanam, about 31 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 Gangapuram
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	12 km
Nearest railway station	Tindivanam	31 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	48 km

Villages closest to Gangapuram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapuram village had a population of 1,419. That makes it the 107th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Gangapuram village has 720 males and 699 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapuram has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Gangapuram is 604208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangapuram covers 264.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangapuram falls under Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Gangapuram is Tindivanam, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 36 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gangapuram.

Gangapuram is about 48 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapuram is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Gingee is about 12 km away. Tindivanam is about 31 km away. Viluppuram is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.