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About Monai Village

Monai is a large village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,208, made up of 2,252 males and 1,956 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 269.98 hectares hectares.

Monai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Monai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Area (hectares) 269.98 hectares
Population 4,208
Male Population 2,252
Female Population 1,956
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Monai compares

By the 2011 count Monai is the 25th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 269.98 hectares work out to about 16 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 Monai

The census records public bus service for Monai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Monai from other places

Monai lies about 44 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Unchdih, about 2.0 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 Monai
Nearest railway station Unchdih 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Meja 9.5 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 32 km
District headquarters Allahabad 44 km

Villages closest to Monai

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 Monai

As per the Census of India 2011, Monai village had a population of 4,208. That makes it the 25th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Monai village has 2,252 males and 1,956 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Monai has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Monai covers 269.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Monai is Unchdih, about 2.0 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Monai.

Monai 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.

Monai is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Unchdih is about 2.0 km away. Meja is about 9.5 km away. Gyānpur is about 32 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 (1.6 km), Auta (1.6 km) and Andhi (1.7 km).

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

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