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About Gaganpur Village

Gaganpur is a small village in Bilaspur tehsil, in the district of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 221 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.27 hectares hectares.

Gaganpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaganpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Rampur
Tehsil Bilaspur
Area (hectares) 159.27 hectares
Population 413
Male Population 221
Female Population 192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gaganpur compares

By the 2011 count Gaganpur is the 134th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,053 residents. Its 159.27 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 907.

Getting to Gaganpur

Gaganpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gaganpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gaganpur from other places

Gaganpur lies about 28 km from Rampur, and the nearest railway station is Bilaspur Road, about 6.7 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 Gaganpur
Tehsil headquarters Bilaspur 3.9 km
Nearest town Bīlāspur 3.9 km
Nearest railway station Bilaspur Road 6.7 km
District headquarters Rampur 28 km

Villages closest to Gaganpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaganpur village had a population of 413. That makes it the 134th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,053 residents.

Gaganpur village has 221 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaganpur has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Gaganpur covers 159.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gaganpur falls under Bilaspur tehsil of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gaganpur is Bilaspur Road, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Gaganpur.

Gaganpur is about 28 km from Rampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaganpur is in Bilaspur tehsil of Rampur district. Bilaspur is about 3.9 km away. Bīlāspur is about 3.9 km away. Bilaspur Road is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parbat Bans (under 2 km), Shri Nagar (under 2 km) and Sihariya (under 2 km).

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

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