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About Kapuri Village

Kapuri is a mid sized village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,006, made up of 538 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.92 hectares hectares.

Kapuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kapuri village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Area (hectares) 210.92 hectares
Population 1,006
Male Population 538
Female Population 468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Kapuri compares

By the 2011 count Kapuri is the 190th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 210.92 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Kapuri

Kapuri 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 Kapuri as Available within village. 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 Kapuri from other places

Kapuri lies about 44 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Unchdih, about 1.7 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 Kapuri
Nearest railway station Unchdih 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Meja 6.8 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 35 km
District headquarters Allahabad 44 km

Villages closest to Kapuri

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 Kapuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kapuri village had a population of 1,006. That makes it the 190th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Kapuri village has 538 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kapuri has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Kapuri covers 210.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kapuri is Unchdih, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Kapuri is about 44 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kapuri is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Unchdih is about 1.7 km away. Meja is about 6.8 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 Kapuri Bhraiya (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 Kapuri today is likely to be higher.

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