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About Anjana Village

Anjana is a large village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,042, made up of 2,079 males and 1,963 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.87 hectares hectares.

Anjana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anjana village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Handia
Area (hectares) 173.87 hectares
Population 4,042
Male Population 2,079
Female Population 1,963
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Anjana compares

By the 2011 count Anjana is the 35th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 173.87 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Anjana

Anjana 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 Anjana 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Anjana from other places

Anjana lies about 30 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Saidabad, 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 Anjana
Nearest railway station Saidabad under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Handia 5.9 km
Nearest town Phulpur 19 km
District headquarters Allahabad 30 km

Villages closest to Anjana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anjana village had a population of 4,042. That makes it the 35th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Anjana village has 2,079 males and 1,963 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anjana has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Anjana covers 173.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Anjana falls under Handia tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Anjana is Saidabad, 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 village for Anjana.

Anjana is about 30 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anjana is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Saidabad is about under 2 km away. Handia is about 5.9 km away. Phulpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jalalpur Mardapur (under 2 km), Bhiski (1.5 km) and Bhadwan (1.6 km).

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

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