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About Ganeshpur Village

Ganeshpur is a mid sized village in Khair tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,746, made up of 922 males and 824 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 392.96 hectares hectares.

Ganeshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganeshpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Khair
Area (hectares) 392.96 hectares
Population 1,746
Male Population 922
Female Population 824
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganeshpur compares

By the 2011 count Ganeshpur is the 82nd largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,150 residents. Its 392.96 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Ganeshpur

Ganeshpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ganeshpur as Available. 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 Ganeshpur from other places

Ganeshpur lies about 34 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Danwar, about 16 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 Ganeshpur
Tehsil headquarters Khair 11 km
Nearest railway station Danwar 16 km
District headquarters Aligarh 34 km

Villages closest to Ganeshpur

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

Common questions about Ganeshpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganeshpur village had a population of 1,746. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,150 residents.

Ganeshpur village has 922 males and 824 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganeshpur has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 877.

Ganeshpur covers 392.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganeshpur falls under Khair tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ganeshpur is Danwar, about 16 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ganeshpur.

Ganeshpur is about 34 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganeshpur is in Khair tehsil of Aligarh district. Khair is about 11 km away. Danwar is about 16 km away. Aligarh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Resari (1.9 km), Bajherha (2.3 km) and Nagala Assoo (2.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ganeshpur today is likely to be higher.

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