About Gangajora Village

Gangajora is a large village in Sonarpur tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,339, made up of 1,677 males and 1,662 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 700150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangajora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangajora village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Sonarpur
Pincode	700150
Area (hectares)	114.01 hectares
Population	3,339
Male Population	1,677
Female Population	1,662
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gangajora compares

By the 2011 count Gangajora is the 20th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents. Its 114.01 hectares work out to about 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Gangajora

Gangajora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gangajora 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangajora from other places

Gangajora lies about 34 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Narendrapur, about 2.6 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 Gangajora
Nearest railway station	Narendrapur	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonarpur	3.1 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	3.1 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	34 km

Villages closest to Gangajora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangajora village had a population of 3,339. That makes it the 20th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents.

Gangajora village has 1,677 males and 1,662 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangajora has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Gangajora is 700150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangajora covers 114.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gangajora falls under Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gangajora is Narendrapur, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gangajora.

Gangajora is about 34 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangajora is in Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Narendrapur is about 2.6 km away. Sonarpur is about 3.1 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 3.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.