Ganeswarpur is an Indian village. The village falls under the Gop block of Puri District. It was founded before 1500 AD by Puri Gajapati Prataprudra Dev.

It is believed that, the village was settled after the famous Kanchi Vijay of Puri Gajapati Maharaja Sri Purusottam Deva. His minister Ganeswara Deva was rewarded (by the Gajapati) with the village by his name. That's how Ganeswarapur got its name.

Ganeswarpur is a well known village of the famous Puri district of Orissa . It is situated between 19° 97' North Latitude 86° 01' Longitude and at an altitude of 5 fits above sea level.It is 35 km far from Puri town and 50 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar.Konark Sun Temple is just 15 kilometers from this place. The village is stretched from East to West. The east and north side of the village is surrounded by river Kushabhadra. On the south side by village Subarnapur and on the west by village Sankharia.

It was founded before 1500 AD by Puri Gajapati Prataprudra Dev.At the very beginning Brahmins were brought from different places of Orissa to settle the village. The Brahmins whose heirs are since the beginning of the village are Panigrahis, Nandas, Dashs,Mohapatras, Badapandas, Hotas and Mishras. From the beginning, Lord Jagannath is being worshiped as Lord Gopaljeu in the village. It is heard for Lord Gopaljiu, these Brahmins were brought for different purposes. From some old sources it is believed that a long before the village was stretched from North to south. But due to frequent change in direction of river khusbhadra the village changed to its present form. This can be verified by 2 ponds. "Naara gadia" & "Bena gadia" which refers that queen is used to wash her hairs in these ponds.Some under ground wells n old pots also found in these areas while digging.