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About Sanawan Village

Sanawan is a mid sized village in Sirauli Gauspur tehsil, in the district of Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,000, made up of 539 males and 461 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.68 hectares hectares.

Sanawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Barabanki
Tehsil Sirauli Gauspur
Area (hectares) 242.68 hectares
Population 1,000
Male Population 539
Female Population 461
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Sanawan compares

By the 2011 count Sanawan is the 70th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,787 residents. Its 242.68 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 906.

Getting to Sanawan

Sanawan 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 Sanawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Sanawan from other places

Sanawan lies about 39 km from Barabanki, and the nearest railway station is Ghaghara Ghat, about 9.8 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 Sanawan
Nearest railway station Ghaghara Ghat 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sirauli Gauspur 14 km
Nearest town Colonelganj 18 km
District headquarters Barabanki 39 km

Villages closest to Sanawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sirauli Gauspur 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 Sanawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanawan village had a population of 1,000. That makes it the 70th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,787 residents.

Sanawan village has 539 males and 461 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanawan has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Sanawan covers 242.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sanawan falls under Sirauli Gauspur tehsil of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sanawan is Ghaghara Ghat, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Sanawan is about 39 km from Barabanki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanawan is in Sirauli Gauspur tehsil of Barabanki district. Ghaghara Ghat is about 9.8 km away. Sirauli Gauspur is about 14 km away. Colonelganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghutaru (2.6 km), Karauni (2.8 km) and Gedrapur (2.8 km).

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

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