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About Majha Akhanpur Village

Majha Akhanpur is a mid sized village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 293 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428.91 hectares hectares.

Majha Akhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majha Akhanpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Harraiya
Area (hectares) 428.91 hectares
Population 552
Male Population 293
Female Population 259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Majha Akhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Majha Akhanpur is the 573rd largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 428.91 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Majha Akhanpur

Majha Akhanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Majha Akhanpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majha Akhanpur from other places

Majha Akhanpur lies about 75 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Jhamat, about 7.0 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 Majha Akhanpur
Nearest railway station Jhamat 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Harraiya 24 km
Nearest town Nautanwa 25 km
District headquarters Basti 75 km

Villages closest to Majha Akhanpur

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 Majha Akhanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Majha Akhanpur village had a population of 552. That makes it the 573rd largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Majha Akhanpur village has 293 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majha Akhanpur has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Majha Akhanpur covers 428.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Majha Akhanpur falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majha Akhanpur is Jhamat, about 7.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Majha Akhanpur.

Majha Akhanpur is about 75 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majha Akhanpur is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Jhamat is about 7.0 km away. Harraiya is about 24 km away. Nautanwa is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akhanpur (under 2 km), Churiharpur (under 2 km) and Nigawapur (under 2 km).

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

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