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About Chhota Ganja Village

Chhota Ganja is a small village in Naxalbari tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 96, made up of 55 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 745 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhota Ganja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Ganja village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Naxalbari
Pincode 734429
Area (hectares) 17.81 hectares
Population 96
Male Population 55
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 745
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhota Ganja compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Ganja is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 17.81 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 996.

Getting to Chhota Ganja

Chhota Ganja is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chhota Ganja 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bhujia Bani, Bhujia Banir Chhat, Birsing and Budhkaran. 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 Chhota Ganja

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Ganja village had a population of 96. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Chhota Ganja village has 55 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Ganja has about 745 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Chhota Ganja is 734429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhota Ganja covers 17.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhota Ganja falls under Naxalbari tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The census record for Chhota Ganja notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Chhota Ganja.

Chhota Ganja is in Naxalbari tehsil of Darjiling 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 Chhota Ganja today is likely to be higher.

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