About Gangaprasad Village

Gangaprasad is a mid sized village in Daspur I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 621, made up of 328 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangaprasad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangaprasad village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Daspur I
Pincode	721146
Area (hectares)	114.77 hectares
Population	621
Male Population	328
Female Population	293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
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 Gangaprasad compares

By the 2011 count Gangaprasad is the 130th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,299 residents. Its 114.77 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 961.

Getting to Gangaprasad

Gangaprasad is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangaprasad 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 Dihipalsa, Dubrajpur, Durgapur and Gadaipur. 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.

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Common questions about Gangaprasad

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangaprasad village had a population of 621. That makes it the 130th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,299 residents.

Gangaprasad village has 328 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangaprasad has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Gangaprasad is 721146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangaprasad covers 114.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangaprasad falls under Daspur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Gangaprasad 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 Gangaprasad.

Gangaprasad is in Daspur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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.