About Gangachak Village

Gangachak is a small village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 226 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.64 hectares hectares.

Gangachak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangachak village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Bansgaon
Area (hectares)	118.64 hectares
Population	445
Male Population	226
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangachak compares

By the 2011 count Gangachak is the 283rd largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 118.64 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Gangachak

Gangachak is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gangachak as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gangachak from other places

Gangachak lies about 39 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Dohrighat, about 18 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 Gangachak
Nearest town	Rūdarpur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Dohrighat	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bansgaon	19 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	39 km

Villages closest to Gangachak

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.

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Common questions about Gangachak

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangachak village had a population of 445. That makes it the 283rd largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Gangachak village has 226 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangachak has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Gangachak covers 118.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gangachak is Dohrighat, about 18 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gangachak.

Gangachak is about 39 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangachak is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Rūdarpur is about 13 km away. Dohrighat is about 18 km away. Bansgaon is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.