About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a large village in Pindra tehsil, in the district of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,165, made up of 1,064 males and 1,101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.51 hectares hectares.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Varanasi
Tehsil	Pindra
Area (hectares)	113.51 hectares
Population	2,165
Male Population	1,064
Female Population	1,101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 81st largest of the 401 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents. Its 113.51 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Gangapur

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

How far is Gangapur from other places

Gangapur lies about 71 km from Varanasi, and the nearest railway station is Jigna, about under 2 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	Jigna	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pindra	13 km
Nearest town	Gyānpur	24 km
District headquarters	Varanasi	71 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur village had a population of 2,165. That makes it the 81st largest of the 401 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents.

Gangapur village has 1,064 males and 1,101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Gangapur covers 113.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gangapur falls under Pindra tehsil of Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Jigna, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

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

Gangapur is in Pindra tehsil of Varanasi district. Jigna is about under 2 km away. Pindra is about 13 km away. Gyānpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.