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About Suhelwa Village

Suhelwa is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 45 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.41 hectares hectares.

Suhelwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suhelwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Harraiya
Area (hectares) 42.41 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 45
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Suhelwa compares

By the 2011 count Suhelwa is the 1216th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 42.41 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Suhelwa

Suhelwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Suhelwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Suhelwa from other places

Suhelwa lies about 51 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Parsa, about 27 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 Suhelwa
Nearest town Bānsi 22 km
Nearest railway station Parsa 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Harraiya 31 km
District headquarters Basti 51 km

Villages closest to Suhelwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suhelwa village had a population of 75. That makes it the 1216th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Suhelwa village has 45 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suhelwa has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Suhelwa covers 42.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Suhelwa falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Suhelwa is Parsa, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Suhelwa is about 51 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suhelwa is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Bānsi is about 22 km away. Parsa is about 27 km away. Harraiya is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bedipur (1.5 km), Benipur (1.5 km) and Ramavapur Pathak (1.7 km).

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

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