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About Papraul Village

Papraul is a mid sized village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,276, made up of 611 males and 665 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.54 hectares hectares.

Papraul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Papraul village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 225.54 hectares
Population 1,276
Male Population 611
Female Population 665
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Papraul compares

By the 2011 count Papraul is the 196th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 225.54 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Papraul

Papraul 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 Papraul as Available within 10+ 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 Papraul from other places

Papraul lies about 27 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Dheena, about 10 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 Papraul
Nearest railway station Dheena 10 km
Nearest town Zamānia 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 20 km
District headquarters Chandauli 27 km

Villages closest to Papraul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Papraul village had a population of 1,276. That makes it the 196th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Papraul village has 611 males and 665 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Papraul has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Papraul covers 225.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Papraul falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Papraul is Dheena, about 10 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Papraul.

Papraul is about 27 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Papraul is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Dheena is about 10 km away. Zamānia is about 13 km away. Sakaldiha is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Autauli (1.7 km), Ranpur (1.7 km) and Torwan (2.3 km).

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

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