About Durvasa Village

Durvasa is a large village in Nizamabad tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,424, made up of 1,641 males and 1,783 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1191.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 217630, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durvasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durvasa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Azamgarh
Tehsil	Nizamabad
Pincode	217630
Area (hectares)	1191.23 hectares
Population	3,424
Male Population	1,641
Female Population	1,783
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,087
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Durvasa compares

By the 2011 count Durvasa is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 1191.23 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

Getting to Durvasa

Durvasa 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 Durvasa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Durvasa from other places

Durvasa lies about 28 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Khorason Road, about 5.3 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 Durvasa
Nearest railway station	Khorason Road	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nizamabad	17 km
Nearest town	Shāhganj	24 km
District headquarters	Azamgarh	28 km

Villages closest to Durvasa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nizamabad 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 Durvasa

As per the Census of India 2011, Durvasa village had a population of 3,424. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Durvasa village has 1,641 males and 1,783 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durvasa has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

The pincode recorded for Durvasa is 217630. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durvasa covers 1191.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durvasa falls under Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durvasa is Khorason Road, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Durvasa.

Durvasa is about 28 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durvasa is in Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district. Khorason Road is about 5.3 km away. Nizamabad is about 17 km away. Shāhganj is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.