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About Sahajpur Village

Sahajpur is a small village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 281, made up of 149 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 303.15 hectares hectares.

Sahajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahajpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Gairatganj
Area (hectares) 303.15 hectares
Population 281
Male Population 149
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sahajpur compares

By the 2011 count Sahajpur is the 124th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 303.15 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Sahajpur

Sahajpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sahajpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sahajpur from other places

Sahajpur lies about 70 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Salichauka Road, about 48 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 Sahajpur
Tehsil headquarters Gairatganj 32 km
Nearest town Bareli 33 km
Nearest railway station Salichauka Road 48 km
District headquarters Raisen 70 km

Villages closest to Sahajpur

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

Common questions about Sahajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahajpur village had a population of 281. That makes it the 124th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Sahajpur village has 149 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahajpur has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Sahajpur covers 303.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sahajpur falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sahajpur is Salichauka Road, about 48 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sahajpur.

Sahajpur is about 70 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahajpur is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 32 km away. Bareli is about 33 km away. Salichauka Road is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampura Khurd (9.2 km), Singpur (18 km) and Mahgawan (19 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sahajpur today is likely to be higher.

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