About Bigahana Village

Bigahana is a mid sized village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,023, made up of 336 males and 687 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 212305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bigahana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bigahana village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Meja
Pincode	212305
Area (hectares)	152.63 hectares
Population	1,023
Male Population	336
Female Population	687
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	2,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bigahana compares

By the 2011 count Bigahana is the 187th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 152.63 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Bigahana

Bigahana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bigahana as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bigahana from other places

Bigahana lies about 37 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Unchdih, about 7.4 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 Bigahana
Nearest railway station	Unchdih	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meja	14 km
Nearest town	Gyānpur	33 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	37 km

Villages closest to Bigahana

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

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Common questions about Bigahana

As per the Census of India 2011, Bigahana village had a population of 1,023. That makes it the 187th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Bigahana village has 336 males and 687 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bigahana has about 2045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Bigahana is 212305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bigahana covers 152.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bigahana falls under Meja tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bigahana is Unchdih, about 7.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bigahana.

Bigahana is about 37 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bigahana is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Unchdih is about 7.4 km away. Meja is about 14 km away. Gyānpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.