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About Kauhat Village

Kauhat is a mid sized village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,472, made up of 774 males and 698 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 432.88 hectares hectares.

Kauhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kauhat village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Area (hectares) 432.88 hectares
Population 1,472
Male Population 774
Female Population 698
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 902
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Kauhat compares

By the 2011 count Kauhat is the 131st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 432.88 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 919.

Getting to Kauhat

Kauhat 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 Kauhat as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kauhat from other places

Kauhat lies about 40 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bevara, about 20 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 Kauhat
Nearest railway station Bevara 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Meja 29 km
District headquarters Allahabad 40 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 40 km

Villages closest to Kauhat

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.

Common questions about Kauhat

As per the Census of India 2011, Kauhat village had a population of 1,472. That makes it the 131st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Kauhat village has 774 males and 698 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kauhat has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Kauhat covers 432.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kauhat is Bevara, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Kauhat.

Kauhat is about 40 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kauhat is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Bevara is about 20 km away. Meja is about 29 km away. Allahabad is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lohara (under 2 km), Sujani Samodha (1.7 km) and Kotar (2.1 km).

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

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