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About Anantapur Village

Anantapur is a mid sized village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 800, made up of 430 males and 370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.53 hectares hectares.

Anantapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anantapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Area (hectares) 46.53 hectares
Population 800
Male Population 430
Female Population 370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Anantapur compares

By the 2011 count Anantapur is the 216th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 46.53 hectares work out to about 17 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 Anantapur

Anantapur 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 Anantapur 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 Anantapur from other places

Anantapur lies about 37 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Handia Khas, about 8.9 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 Anantapur
Nearest railway station Handia Khas 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Meja 16 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 31 km
District headquarters Allahabad 37 km

Villages closest to Anantapur

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 Anantapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Anantapur village had a population of 800. That makes it the 216th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Anantapur village has 430 males and 370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anantapur has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Anantapur covers 46.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Anantapur is Handia Khas, about 8.9 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 Anantapur.

Anantapur 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.

Anantapur is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Handia Khas is about 8.9 km away. Meja is about 16 km away. Gyānpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaukatha Tivariyan (under 2 km), Patkhauli (under 2 km) and Kunwar Patti (under 2 km).

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

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