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About Mewajat Village

Mewajat is a large village in Dhampur tehsil, in the district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,611, made up of 1,915 males and 1,696 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.3 hectares hectares.

Mewajat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mewajat village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bijnor
Tehsil Dhampur
Area (hectares) 133.3 hectares
Population 3,611
Male Population 1,915
Female Population 1,696
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Mewajat compares

By the 2011 count Mewajat is the 36th largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents. Its 133.3 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Mewajat

Mewajat 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 Mewajat as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Mewajat from other places

Mewajat lies about 53 km from Bijnor, and the nearest railway station is Kanth, about 7.1 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 Mewajat
Nearest town Sahaspur 2.2 km
Nearest railway station Kanth 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhampur 23 km
District headquarters Bijnor 53 km

Villages closest to Mewajat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mewajat village had a population of 3,611. That makes it the 36th largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents.

Mewajat village has 1,915 males and 1,696 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mewajat has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Mewajat covers 133.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Mewajat falls under Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mewajat is Kanth, about 7.1 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 village for Mewajat.

Mewajat is about 53 km from Bijnor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mewajat is in Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district. Sahaspur is about 2.2 km away. Kanth is about 7.1 km away. Dhampur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kazampur (2.1 km), Sahaspura Ahatmali (2.1 km) and Sherpur Mazra (2.1 km).

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

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