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About Andhi Village

Andhi is a mid sized village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,507, made up of 800 males and 707 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.07 hectares hectares.

Andhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Andhi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Area (hectares) 89.07 hectares
Population 1,507
Male Population 800
Female Population 707
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Andhi compares

By the 2011 count Andhi is the 123rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 89.07 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, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Andhi

Andhi 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 Andhi 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 Andhi from other places

Andhi lies about 45 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Unchdih, about 2.2 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 Andhi
Nearest railway station Unchdih 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Meja 8.2 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 34 km
District headquarters Allahabad 45 km

Villages closest to Andhi

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 Andhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Andhi village had a population of 1,507. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Andhi village has 800 males and 707 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Andhi has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Andhi covers 89.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Andhi is Unchdih, about 2.2 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 Andhi.

Andhi is about 45 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Andhi is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Unchdih is about 2.2 km away. Meja is about 8.2 km away. Gyānpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garetha (under 2 km), Bharuhi (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 Andhi today is likely to be higher.

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