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About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a mid sized village in Sikandra Rao tehsil, in the district of Mahamaya Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 841, made up of 457 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.33 hectares hectares.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mahamaya Nagar
Tehsil Sikandra Rao
Area (hectares) 154.33 hectares
Population 841
Male Population 457
Female Population 384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 119th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,089 residents. Its 154.33 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 870.

Getting to Gangapur

Gangapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangapur 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 5 - 10 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 42 km from Mahamaya Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kuswa, about 11 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 Kuswa 11 km
Nearest town Etah 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra Rao 18 km
District headquarters Mahamaya Nagar 42 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sikandra Rao 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 841. That makes it the 119th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,089 residents.

Gangapur village has 457 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 870.

Gangapur covers 154.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangapur falls under Sikandra Rao tehsil of Mahamaya Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Kuswa, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gangapur.

Gangapur is about 42 km from Mahamaya Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Sikandra Rao tehsil of Mahamaya Nagar district. Kuswa is about 11 km away. Etah is about 18 km away. Sikandra Rao is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nawali Lalpur (6.8 km), Jansoi (7.1 km) and Mahamai Ismailpur (7.8 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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