About Ganpur Village

Ganpur is a large village in Mohammad Bazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,706, made up of 1,347 males and 1,359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 305.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Mohammad Bazar
Pincode	731216
Area (hectares)	305.21 hectares
Population	2,706
Male Population	1,347
Female Population	1,359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ganpur compares

By the 2011 count Ganpur is the 14th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents. Its 305.21 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Ganpur

Ganpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ganpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Ganpur from other places

Ganpur lies about 20 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 5.5 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 Ganpur
Nearest railway station	Mallarpur	5.5 km
Nearest town	Sainthia	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohammad Bazar	20 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	20 km

Villages closest to Ganpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohammad Bazar 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 Ganpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganpur village had a population of 2,706. That makes it the 14th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents.

Ganpur village has 1,347 males and 1,359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganpur has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Ganpur is 731216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganpur covers 305.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ganpur falls under Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Ganpur is Mallarpur, about 5.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ganpur.

Ganpur is about 20 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganpur is in Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Mallarpur is about 5.5 km away. Sainthia is about 13 km away. Mohammad Bazar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.