# Gangsagar Village, Mahagama, Godda (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/godda/mahagama/gangsagar/

Village · Mahagama, Godda 

# Gangsagar

Gangsagar is a village in Mahagama sub-district of Godda district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **438 people in 77 households**, the 120th largest of 245 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 438people (2011)
- 77households
- 87.3%literacy
- 856females per 1,000 males

## Gangsagar PIN code and other codes

Gangsagar falls in Mahagama sub-district, Godda district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatBasua
- Community development blockMahagama
- Census village code356755

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gangsagar from nearby towns?

- Mahagama (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Godda (district HQ)35 km by road
- Godda (nearest town)35 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gangsagar?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Gangsagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gangsagar known for?

About 25% of the 30 hectares of village land is sown, and 10 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gangsagar

Of every 100 households in Gangsagar in 2011, 75 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Gangsagar · ■ Mahagama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**89%

Tap water ****39%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**67%

Use banking services ****71%**

**37%

Television ****41%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****25%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**31%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gangsagar?

■ Gangsagar · ■ Mahagama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.3%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****856**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****606**

**967

Working population ****34.9%**

**41.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 81.9% for women. 40% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (37%) · **■** Marginal 94 (61%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mahagama

- Dhankurda465 people
- Mansura454 people
- Muradpur446 people
- Lakrabank443 people
- Gobindpur427 people
- Dhobia Chak424 people
- Bhogan421 people
- Bagjori419 people

[All 363 villages in Mahagama](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/godda/mahagama/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gangsagar from Godda?35 km by road
- What is the population of Gangsagar?438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangsagar in?Godda district (Mahagama sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gangsagar?87.3% (Census 2011)