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About Siswa Bujurg Village

Siswa Bujurg is a mid sized village in Bhanpur tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,027, made up of 550 males and 477 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 272196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siswa Bujurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siswa Bujurg village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Bhanpur
Pincode 272196
Area (hectares) 190.26 hectares
Population 1,027
Male Population 550
Female Population 477
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Siswa Bujurg compares

By the 2011 count Siswa Bujurg is the 100th largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 850 residents. Its 190.26 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 997.

Getting to Siswa Bujurg

The census records public bus service for Siswa Bujurg as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Siswa Bujurg from other places

Siswa Bujurg lies about 150 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Babatpur, about 3.7 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 Siswa Bujurg
Nearest railway station Babatpur 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhanpur 8.9 km
Nearest town Varanasi 22 km
District headquarters Basti 150 km

Villages closest to Siswa Bujurg

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhanpur 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 Siswa Bujurg

As per the Census of India 2011, Siswa Bujurg village had a population of 1,027. That makes it the 100th largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 850 residents.

Siswa Bujurg village has 550 males and 477 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siswa Bujurg has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Siswa Bujurg is 272196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siswa Bujurg covers 190.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siswa Bujurg falls under Bhanpur tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Siswa Bujurg is Babatpur, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Siswa Bujurg.

Siswa Bujurg is about 150 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siswa Bujurg is in Bhanpur tehsil of Basti district. Babatpur is about 3.7 km away. Bhanpur is about 8.9 km away. Varanasi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Siswa Baruwar (under 2 km), Pachasi (3.2 km) and Jadishpur (4.1 km).

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

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