About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a mid sized village in Bansdih tehsil, in the district of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 938, made up of 460 males and 478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.7 hectares hectares.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ballia
Tehsil	Bansdih
Area (hectares)	19.7 hectares
Population	938
Male Population	460
Female Population	478
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 137th largest of the 376 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,202 residents. Its 19.7 hectares work out to about 48 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Gangapur

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

Gangapur lies about 14 km from Ballia, and the nearest railway station is Majhola Pakarya, about 5.6 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 Gangapur
Nearest railway station	Majhola Pakarya	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bansdih	14 km
District headquarters	Ballia	14 km
Nearest town	Sitārganj	17 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur village had a population of 938. That makes it the 137th largest of the 376 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,202 residents.

Gangapur village has 460 males and 478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Gangapur covers 19.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 48 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gangapur falls under Bansdih tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Majhola Pakarya, about 5.6 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 for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 14 km from Ballia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Bansdih tehsil of Ballia district. Majhola Pakarya is about 5.6 km away. Bansdih is about 14 km away. Ballia is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.