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About Ganga Pur Village

Ganga Pur is a small village in Nizamabad tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 263, made up of 144 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 12.94 hectares hectares.

Ganga Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganga Pur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Nizamabad
Area (hectares) 12.94 hectares
Population 263
Male Population 144
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 826
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ganga Pur compares

By the 2011 count Ganga Pur is the 383rd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 12.94 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1041.

Getting to Ganga Pur

The census records public bus service for Ganga Pur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ganga Pur from other places

Ganga Pur lies about 23 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Sanjarpur, about 4.4 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 Ganga Pur
Nearest railway station Sanjarpur 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Nizamabad 12 km
Nearest town Lalganj 20 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 23 km

Villages closest to Ganga Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nizamabad 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 Ganga Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganga Pur village had a population of 263. That makes it the 383rd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Ganga Pur village has 144 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganga Pur has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1041.

Ganga Pur covers 12.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ganga Pur falls under Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ganga Pur is Sanjarpur, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ganga Pur.

Ganga Pur is about 23 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganga Pur is in Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district. Sanjarpur is about 4.4 km away. Nizamabad is about 12 km away. Lalganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangapur Kaji (under 2 km), Pedra Gangapur (under 2 km) and Chak Khurram (under 2 km).

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

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