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About Ganipur Village

Ganipur is a mid sized village in Soraon tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,530, made up of 848 males and 682 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.46 hectares hectares.

Ganipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganipur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Soraon
Area (hectares) 460.46 hectares
Population 1,530
Male Population 848
Female Population 682
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 804
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Ganipur compares

By the 2011 count Ganipur is the 181st largest of the 398 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,909 residents. Its 460.46 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Ganipur

Ganipur 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 Ganipur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ganipur from other places

Ganipur lies about 22 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Ram Chaura Road, about 6.2 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 Ganipur
Nearest railway station Ram Chaura Road 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Soraon 19 km
District headquarters Allahabad 22 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 22 km

Villages closest to Ganipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganipur village had a population of 1,530. That makes it the 181st largest of the 398 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,909 residents.

Ganipur village has 848 males and 682 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganipur has about 804 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Ganipur covers 460.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganipur falls under Soraon tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ganipur is Ram Chaura Road, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Ganipur is about 22 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganipur is in Soraon tehsil of Allahabad district. Ram Chaura Road is about 6.2 km away. Soraon is about 19 km away. Allahabad is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saraidadan Uprhar (under 2 km), Pure Ghasi (under 2 km) and Mendara (1.7 km).

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

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