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About Gangajit Village

Gangajit is a small village in Kushmundi tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 129 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangajit Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangajit village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Kushmundi
Pincode 733124
Area (hectares) 46.9 hectares
Population 246
Male Population 129
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangajit compares

By the 2011 count Gangajit is the 209th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 46.9 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Gangajit

Gangajit is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangajit as Available within 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Durgapur, Durllabhpur, Ekdala and Ekdala Bahirhata. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Gangajit

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangajit village had a population of 246. That makes it the 209th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Gangajit village has 129 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangajit has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Gangajit is 733124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangajit covers 46.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangajit falls under Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Gangajit notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gangajit.

Gangajit is in Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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