About Gandhpur Village

Gandhpur is a mid sized village in Nanoor tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,496, made up of 789 males and 707 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandhpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Nanoor
Pincode	731301
Area (hectares)	248.78 hectares
Population	1,496
Male Population	789
Female Population	707
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandhpur compares

By the 2011 count Gandhpur is the 53rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,633 residents. Its 248.78 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Gandhpur

Gandhpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gandhpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gandhpur from other places

Gandhpur 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 Gandhpur
Nearest railway station	Mallarpur	5.5 km
Nearest town	Sainthia	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nanoor	20 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	20 km

Villages closest to Gandhpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhpur village had a population of 1,496. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,633 residents.

Gandhpur village has 789 males and 707 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhpur has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Gandhpur is 731301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandhpur covers 248.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gandhpur falls under Nanoor tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gandhpur is Mallarpur, about 5.5 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 within village for Gandhpur.

Gandhpur 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.

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