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About Poor Village

Poor is a mid sized village in Aundha tehsil, in the district of Hingoli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,312, made up of 684 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 483.07 hectares hectares.

Poor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poor village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Hingoli
Tehsil Aundha
Area (hectares) 483.07 hectares
Population 1,312
Male Population 684
Female Population 628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Poor compares

By the 2011 count Poor is the 52nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,535 residents. Its 483.07 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Poor

Poor is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Poor as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Poor from other places

Poor lies about 13 km from Hingoli, and the nearest railway station is Kannjara, about under 2 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 Poor
Nearest railway station Kannjara under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Aundha 13 km
District headquarters Hingoli 13 km

Villages closest to Poor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Poor village had a population of 1,312. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,535 residents.

Poor village has 684 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poor has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Poor covers 483.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Poor falls under Aundha tehsil of Hingoli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Poor is Kannjara, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Poor.

Poor is about 13 km from Hingoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poor is in Aundha tehsil of Hingoli district. Kannjara is about under 2 km away. Aundha is about 13 km away. Hingoli is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanjara (under 2 km), Wasai (2.6 km) and Nandkheda (3.4 km).

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

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