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About Mawai Village

Mawai is a small village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 135 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.59 hectares hectares.

Mawai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 35.59 hectares
Population 248
Male Population 135
Female Population 113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Mawai compares

By the 2011 count Mawai is the 376th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 35.59 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Mawai

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

How far is Mawai from other places

Mawai lies about 7.4 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Kuchman Railway Station, about 1.6 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 Mawai
Nearest railway station Kuchman Railway Station 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 4.6 km
District headquarters Chandauli 7.4 km

Villages closest to Mawai

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 Mawai

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawai village had a population of 248. That makes it the 376th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Mawai village has 135 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawai has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Mawai covers 35.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Mawai is Kuchman Railway Station, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Mawai is about 7.4 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mawai is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Kuchman Railway Station is about 1.6 km away. Sakaldiha is about 4.6 km away. Chandauli is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ebrahimpur (under 2 km), Keshavpur (under 2 km) and Farsand Mohanpur (under 2 km).

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

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