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About Ganga Garh Village

Ganga Garh is a large village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,761, made up of 2,015 males and 1,746 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380.56 hectares hectares.

Ganga Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganga Garh village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bulandshahr
Tehsil Shikarpur
Area (hectares) 380.56 hectares
Population 3,761
Male Population 2,015
Female Population 1,746
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganga Garh compares

By the 2011 count Ganga Garh is the 16th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 380.56 hectares work out to about 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Ganga Garh

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

How far is Ganga Garh from other places

Ganga Garh lies about 38 km from Bulandshahr, and the nearest railway station is Atrauli Road, about 13 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 Garh
Nearest railway station Atrauli Road 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Shikarpur 18 km
Nearest town Shikārpūr 18 km
District headquarters Bulandshahr 38 km

Villages closest to Ganga Garh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganga Garh village had a population of 3,761. That makes it the 16th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Ganga Garh village has 2,015 males and 1,746 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganga Garh has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Ganga Garh covers 380.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ganga Garh falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ganga Garh is Atrauli Road, about 13 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ganga Garh.

Ganga Garh is about 38 km from Bulandshahr in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganga Garh is in Shikarpur tehsil of Bulandshahr district. Atrauli Road is about 13 km away. Shikarpur is about 18 km away. Shikārpūr is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rasulgarhi (under 2 km), Kamauna (1.9 km) and Mahuwa Khara (2.2 km).

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

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