About Gangahar Village

Gangahar is a small village in Dudhi tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 122, made up of 67 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangahar village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Dudhi
Pincode	231212
Area (hectares)	312.01 hectares
Population	122
Male Population	67
Female Population	55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	821
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangahar compares

By the 2011 count Gangahar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 312.01 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Gangahar

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

How far is Gangahar from other places

Gangahar lies about 71 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Jharokhas, about 14 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 Gangahar
Nearest railway station	Jharokhas	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dudhi	17 km
Nearest town	Renukūt	26 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	71 km

Villages closest to Gangahar

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

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Common questions about Gangahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangahar village had a population of 122. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Gangahar village has 67 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangahar has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Gangahar is 231212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangahar covers 312.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangahar falls under Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangahar is Jharokhas, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available for Gangahar.

Gangahar is about 71 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangahar is in Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Jharokhas is about 14 km away. Dudhi is about 17 km away. Renukūt is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.