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About Tegnahwa Village

Tegnahwa is a mid sized village in Tulsipur tehsil, in the district of Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,460, made up of 779 males and 681 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 596.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tegnahwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tegnahwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Balrampur
Tehsil Tulsipur
Pincode 271208
Area (hectares) 596.54 hectares
Population 1,460
Male Population 779
Female Population 681
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tegnahwa compares

By the 2011 count Tegnahwa is the 224th largest of the 352 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,947 residents. Its 596.54 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 914.

Getting to Tegnahwa

Tegnahwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tegnahwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Tegnahwa from other places

Tegnahwa lies about 30 km from Balrampur, and the nearest railway station is Gainjahwa, about 28 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 Tegnahwa
Nearest town Utraula 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Gainjahwa 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Tulsipur 29 km
District headquarters Balrampur 30 km

Villages closest to Tegnahwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tegnahwa village had a population of 1,460. That makes it the 224th largest of the 352 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,947 residents.

Tegnahwa village has 779 males and 681 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tegnahwa has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Tegnahwa is 271208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tegnahwa covers 596.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tegnahwa falls under Tulsipur tehsil of Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tegnahwa is Gainjahwa, about 28 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 within 10+ km distance for Tegnahwa.

Tegnahwa is about 30 km from Balrampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tegnahwa is in Tulsipur tehsil of Balrampur district. Utraula is about 5.3 km away. Gainjahwa is about 28 km away. Tulsipur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kohar Gaddi Khader (2.3 km), Koher Gaddi Koder (2.3 km) and Kalyanpur (2.9 km).

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

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