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About Gangdaspur Village

Gangdaspur is a mid sized village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 592, made up of 323 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.49 hectares hectares.

Gangdaspur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangdaspur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 199.49 hectares
Population 592
Male Population 323
Female Population 269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
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 Gangdaspur compares

By the 2011 count Gangdaspur is the 149th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 199.49 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Gangdaspur

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

Gangdaspur lies about 22 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Kanchausi, 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 Gangdaspur
Nearest town Auraiya 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 12 km
Nearest railway station Kanchausi 14 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 22 km

Villages closest to Gangdaspur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangdaspur village had a population of 592. That makes it the 149th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Gangdaspur village has 323 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangdaspur has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Gangdaspur covers 199.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangdaspur falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangdaspur is Kanchausi, 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 Gangdaspur.

Gangdaspur is about 22 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangdaspur is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Auraiya is about 8.8 km away. Sikandra is about 12 km away. Kanchausi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naiplapur (2.1 km), Sadhawapur (2.2 km) and Sukhshahpur (2.5 km).

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

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