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About Korhniya Village

Korhniya is a mid sized village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,440, made up of 773 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 212303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korhniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korhniya village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Pincode 212303
Area (hectares) 41.63 hectares
Population 1,440
Male Population 773
Female Population 667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Korhniya compares

By the 2011 count Korhniya is the 136th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 41.63 hectares work out to about 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Korhniya

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

How far is Korhniya from other places

Korhniya lies about 42 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Unchdih, 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 Korhniya
Nearest railway station Unchdih under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Meja 6.9 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 35 km
District headquarters Allahabad 42 km

Villages closest to Korhniya

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 Korhniya

As per the Census of India 2011, Korhniya village had a population of 1,440. That makes it the 136th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Korhniya village has 773 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korhniya has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Korhniya is 212303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korhniya covers 41.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Korhniya is Unchdih, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Korhniya is about 42 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korhniya is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Unchdih is about under 2 km away. Meja is about 6.9 km away. Gyānpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaukhata Lachhan (under 2 km), Tudihar (under 2 km) and Bharari (under 2 km).

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

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