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About Sisawa Village

Sisawa is a large village in Mehnagar tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,659, made up of 1,400 males and 1,259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.05 hectares hectares.

Sisawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sisawa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Mehnagar
Area (hectares) 237.05 hectares
Population 2,659
Male Population 1,400
Female Population 1,259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sisawa compares

By the 2011 count Sisawa is the 37th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 237.05 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Sisawa

Sisawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sisawa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sisawa from other places

Sisawa lies about 6.7 km from Mehnagar, and the nearest railway station is Azamgarh, about 17 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 Sisawa
Tehsil headquarters Mehnagar 6.7 km
Nearest railway station Azamgarh 17 km

Villages closest to Sisawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sisawa village had a population of 2,659. That makes it the 37th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Sisawa village has 1,400 males and 1,259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sisawa has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Sisawa covers 237.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sisawa falls under Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sisawa is Azamgarh, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available for Sisawa.

Sisawa is about 6.7 km from Mehnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sisawa is in Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district. Mehnagar is about 6.7 km away. Azamgarh is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bachhawal (under 2 km), Inwal (under 2 km) and Kashipur (1.6 km).

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

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