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About Ganpatpur Village

Ganpatpur is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 755, made up of 408 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.27 hectares hectares.

Ganpatpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganpatpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 168.27 hectares
Population 755
Male Population 408
Female Population 347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Ganpatpur compares

By the 2011 count Ganpatpur is the 314th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 168.27 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 894.

Getting to Ganpatpur

Ganpatpur 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 Ganpatpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ganpatpur from other places

Ganpatpur lies about 26 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Nigohi, about 5.7 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 Ganpatpur
Nearest railway station Nigohi 5.7 km
Nearest town Pawāyan 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 26 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 26 km

Villages closest to Ganpatpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganpatpur village had a population of 755. That makes it the 314th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Ganpatpur village has 408 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganpatpur has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Ganpatpur covers 168.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganpatpur falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ganpatpur is Nigohi, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ganpatpur.

Ganpatpur is about 26 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganpatpur is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Nigohi is about 5.7 km away. Pawāyan is about 17 km away. Powayan is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harraiya J Ganpatpur (under 2 km), Karaunda (1.6 km) and Bilaiya (1.6 km).

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

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