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About Gangpur Chakwada Village

Gangpur Chakwada is a small village in Kanpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 448, made up of 239 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.38 hectares hectares.

Gangpur Chakwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangpur Chakwada village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil Kanpur
Area (hectares) 70.38 hectares
Population 448
Male Population 239
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gangpur Chakwada compares

By the 2011 count Gangpur Chakwada is the 222nd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,137 residents. Its 70.38 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Gangpur Chakwada

Gangpur Chakwada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangpur Chakwada as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangpur Chakwada from other places

Gangpur Chakwada lies about 19 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kanpur Central, about 6.3 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 Gangpur Chakwada
Nearest railway station Kanpur Central 6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanpur 7.6 km
District headquarters Kanpur Nagar 19 km

Villages closest to Gangpur Chakwada

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanpur 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 Gangpur Chakwada

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangpur Chakwada village had a population of 448. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,137 residents.

Gangpur Chakwada village has 239 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangpur Chakwada has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Gangpur Chakwada covers 70.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gangpur Chakwada falls under Kanpur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangpur Chakwada is Kanpur Central, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gangpur Chakwada.

Gangpur Chakwada is about 19 km from Kanpur Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangpur Chakwada is in Kanpur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Kanpur Central is about 6.3 km away. Kanpur is about 7.6 km away. Kanpur Nagar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangpur Kachhar (under 2 km), Semarua (1.9 km) and Noor Pur Urf Lalpur (2.3 km).

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

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