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About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a small village in Jakhania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 151, made up of 74 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.13 hectares hectares.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Jakhania
Area (hectares) 34.13 hectares
Population 151
Male Population 74
Female Population 77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
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 Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 416th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents. Its 34.13 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Gangapur

The census records public bus service for Gangapur 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 Gangapur from other places

Gangapur lies about 135 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Bhiti, about 7.9 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 Bhiti 7.9 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Jakhania 32 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 135 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur village had a population of 151. That makes it the 416th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents.

Gangapur village has 74 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Gangapur covers 34.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangapur falls under Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Bhiti, about 7.9 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 Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 135 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Bhiti is about 7.9 km away. Gyānpur is about 23 km away. Jakhania is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sakipur (under 2 km), Shankar Pur (under 2 km) and Hardaspur Kassi (1.6 km).

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

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