About Gangadaspur Village

Gangadaspur is a small village in Ghatal tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 365, made up of 194 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangadaspur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangadaspur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Ghatal
Pincode	721232
Area (hectares)	50.94 hectares
Population	365
Male Population	194
Female Population	171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangadaspur compares

By the 2011 count Gangadaspur is the 117th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,567 residents. Its 50.94 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Gangadaspur

Gangadaspur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangadaspur as Available within 5 - 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 Gangadaspur from other places

Gangadaspur lies about 34 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Narayan Pakuria Murail, about 24 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 Gangadaspur
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatal	6.2 km
Nearest town	Ghātāl	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Narayan Pakuria Murail	24 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	34 km

Villages closest to Gangadaspur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangadaspur village had a population of 365. That makes it the 117th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,567 residents.

Gangadaspur village has 194 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangadaspur has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Gangadaspur is 721232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangadaspur covers 50.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gangadaspur falls under Ghatal tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gangadaspur is Narayan Pakuria Murail, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gangadaspur.

Gangadaspur is about 34 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangadaspur is in Ghatal tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Ghatal is about 6.2 km away. Ghātāl is about 6.2 km away. Narayan Pakuria Murail is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.