About Gagana Village

Gagana is a small village in Egra II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 99 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gagana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagana village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Egra II
Pincode	721422
Area (hectares)	21.06 hectares
Population	176
Male Population	99
Female Population	77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	778
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagana compares

By the 2011 count Gagana is the 102nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,559 residents. Its 21.06 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Gagana

Gagana is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gagana as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dhalgoda, Dubda, Dulalpur and Egra Patna. 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 Gagana

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagana village had a population of 176. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,559 residents.

Gagana village has 99 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagana has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Gagana is 721422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gagana covers 21.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gagana falls under Egra II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Gagana 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 10+ km distance for Gagana.

Gagana is in Egra II tehsil of Purba 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.