About Sirhir Village

Sirhir is a large village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,316, made up of 1,153 males and 1,163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 637.44 hectares hectares.

Sirhir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sirhir village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Meja
Area (hectares)	637.44 hectares
Population	2,316
Male Population	1,153
Female Population	1,163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Sirhir compares

By the 2011 count Sirhir is the 74th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 637.44 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Sirhir

Sirhir 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 Sirhir 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 Sirhir from other places

Sirhir lies about 40 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bheerpur, about 20 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 Sirhir
Tehsil headquarters	Meja	18 km
Nearest railway station	Bheerpur	20 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	40 km
Nearest town	Prayagraj	40 km

Villages closest to Sirhir

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.

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Common questions about Sirhir

As per the Census of India 2011, Sirhir village had a population of 2,316. That makes it the 74th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Sirhir village has 1,153 males and 1,163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sirhir has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Sirhir covers 637.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sirhir is Bheerpur, about 20 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 Sirhir.

Sirhir is about 40 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sirhir is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Meja is about 18 km away. Bheerpur is about 20 km away. Allahabad is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.