Gangazari, with a population of 1,534 in 1971, is a village in Gondia tahsil lying about eight miles of Tirora. It is a railway station having post and telegraph facilities, a dispensary and a school. Mahashivaratra fair attended by nearly 1,200 persons is held in Magh (January-February). The village was the headquarters of the Gangazari zamindari of which the following details. "This estate is situated in the Tirora tahsil, to the east of Tirora and adjoining the railway". It contain seven villages and has an area of 18 square miles. It was a subordinate zamindari of Warad, but at Mr. Napier's settlement the zamindari was permitted, in accordance with his expressed desire, to pay the takoli direct to Government. The Maratha administration at one time treated with its owners direct, and when and for what reason the change was made is not recorded.