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About Gangapur Village

Gangapur is a small village in Bajpur tehsil, in the district of Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 138, made up of 76 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangapur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Udham Singh Nagar
Tehsil Bajpur
Pincode 262401
Area (hectares) 54.39 hectares
Population 138
Male Population 76
Female Population 62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 816
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gangapur compares

By the 2011 count Gangapur is the 107th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,162 residents. Its 54.39 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 916.

Getting to Gangapur

Gangapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangapur from other places

Gangapur lies about 15 km from Udham Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Lalkuan Junction, about 5.1 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 Lalkuan Junction 5.1 km
Nearest town Haldwani 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Bajpur 15 km
District headquarters Udham Singh Nagar 15 km

Villages closest to Gangapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangapur village had a population of 138. That makes it the 107th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,162 residents.

Gangapur village has 76 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangapur has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

The pincode recorded for Gangapur is 262401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangapur covers 54.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangapur falls under Bajpur tehsil of Udham Singh Nagar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangapur is Lalkuan Junction, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Gangapur is about 15 km from Udham Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangapur is in Bajpur tehsil of Udham Singh Nagar district. Lalkuan Junction is about 5.1 km away. Haldwani is about 12 km away. Bajpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tanda Mehmood (7.6 km), Kalyanpur (9.9 km) and Khushalpur (13 km).

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

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