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About Gangdaspur Village

Gangdaspur is a mid sized village in Deoband tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,917, made up of 1,042 males and 875 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 328.01 hectares hectares.

Gangdaspur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangdaspur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Saharanpur
Tehsil Deoband
Area (hectares) 328.01 hectares
Population 1,917
Male Population 1,042
Female Population 875
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gangdaspur compares

By the 2011 count Gangdaspur is the 82nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,317 residents. Its 328.01 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Gangdaspur

Gangdaspur 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 Gangdaspur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gangdaspur from other places

Gangdaspur lies about 33 km from Saharanpur. 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
Tehsil headquarters Deoband 8.6 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 33 km

Villages closest to Gangdaspur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Deoband 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 1,917. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,317 residents.

Gangdaspur village has 1,042 males and 875 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangdaspur has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

Gangdaspur covers 328.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangdaspur falls under Deoband tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Gangdaspur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Gangdaspur is about 33 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangdaspur is in Deoband tehsil of Saharanpur district. Deoband is about 8.6 km away. Saharanpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dugchara (under 2 km), Jataula Damodarpur (under 2 km) and Sunhati (2.0 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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