Village · Pohri, Shivpuri
# Gangapura

Gangapura is a village in Pohri sub-district of Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 604 people in 122 households, the 129th largest of 238 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.
- 604 people (2011)
- 122 households
- 68.7% literacy
- 911 females per 1,000 males

## Gangapura PIN code and other codes

Gangapura falls in Pohri sub-district, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Pohri
- Census village code 455115

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Gangapura from nearby towns?
- Pohri (sub-district HQ) 11 km by road
- Shivpuri (district HQ) 45 km by road
- Shivpuri (nearest town) 45 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Gangapura?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Gangapura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Bhatnawar
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Shivpuri
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Shivpuri
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gangapura known for?

The main crops are groundnut. About 89% of the 157 hectares of village land is sown, and 36 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Gangapura

Of every 100 households in Gangapura in 2011, 23 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangapura · ■ Pohri rural average
- Electricity for lighting 23% 41%
- Toilet within the home 0% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 93%
- Tap water 0% 5%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 3%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 57% 44%
- Television 2% 10%
- Mobile phone 6% 33%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 10%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 71% 49%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gangapura?

■ Gangapura · ■ Pohri rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.7% 60.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 911 874
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1263 895
- Working population 56.8% 49.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 44.6% for women. 55% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 339 (99%) · ■ Other work 4 (1%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Pohri
- Jafarpur 641 people
- Fulipura 640 people
- Bhao Khedi 633 people
- Bhangarh 608 people
- Sakatpur 601 people
- Binhera Khurd 593 people
- Kamla Khedi 593 people
- Piproda Tirth 589 people

All 254 villages in Pohri

## Quick answers
- How far is Gangapura from Shivpuri? 45 km by road
- What is the population of Gangapura? 604 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangapura in? Shivpuri district (Pohri sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gangapura? 68.7% (Census 2011)

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