About Gangai Village

Gangai is a large village in Gabhana tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,870, made up of 1,498 males and 1,372 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 512.01 hectares hectares.

Gangai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Aligarh
Tehsil	Gabhana
Area (hectares)	512.01 hectares
Population	2,870
Male Population	1,498
Female Population	1,372
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gangai compares

By the 2011 count Gangai is the 28th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 512.01 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Gangai

Gangai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangai 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangai from other places

Gangai lies about 29 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Danwar, about 12 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 Gangai
Nearest town	Khair	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Danwar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gabhana	14 km
District headquarters	Aligarh	29 km

Villages closest to Gangai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangai village had a population of 2,870. That makes it the 28th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Gangai village has 1,498 males and 1,372 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangai has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

Gangai covers 512.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangai falls under Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangai is Danwar, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gangai.

Gangai is about 29 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangai is in Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district. Khair is about 9.9 km away. Danwar is about 12 km away. Gabhana is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.