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About Gangapar Village

Gangapar is a small village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 218, made up of 109 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.66 hectares hectares.

Gangapar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Bansgaon
Area (hectares) 57.66 hectares
Population 218
Male Population 109
Female Population 109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Gangapar compares

By the 2011 count Gangapar is the 363rd largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 57.66 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Gangapar

Gangapar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangapar 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 Gangapar from other places

Gangapar lies about 43 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Dohrighat, about 14 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 Gangapar
Nearest town Chillupār 13 km
Nearest railway station Dohrighat 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Bansgaon 21 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 43 km

Villages closest to Gangapar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapar village had a population of 218. That makes it the 363rd largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Gangapar village has 109 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Gangapar covers 57.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangapar falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangapar is Dohrighat, about 14 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 Gangapar.

Gangapar is about 43 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapar is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Chillupār is about 13 km away. Dohrighat is about 14 km away. Bansgaon is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangoopar (under 2 km), Karnauti (under 2 km) and Jamdara (under 2 km).

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

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