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About Ahiri Village

Ahiri is a large village in Mau tehsil, in the district of Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,200, made up of 1,697 males and 1,503 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 521.2 hectares hectares.

Ahiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ahiri village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chitrakoot
Tehsil Mau
Area (hectares) 521.2 hectares
Population 3,200
Male Population 1,697
Female Population 1,503
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Ahiri compares

By the 2011 count Ahiri is the 14th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,533 residents. Its 521.2 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Ahiri

Ahiri 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 Ahiri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ahiri from other places

Ahiri lies about 145 km from Chitrakoot, and the nearest railway station is Akbarganj, about 14 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 Ahiri
Nearest railway station Akbarganj 14 km
Nearest town Jais 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Mau 22 km
District headquarters Chitrakoot 145 km

Villages closest to Ahiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ahiri village had a population of 3,200. That makes it the 14th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,533 residents.

Ahiri village has 1,697 males and 1,503 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ahiri has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Ahiri covers 521.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ahiri falls under Mau tehsil of Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ahiri is Akbarganj, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ahiri.

Ahiri is about 145 km from Chitrakoot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ahiri is in Mau tehsil of Chitrakoot district. Akbarganj is about 14 km away. Jais is about 17 km away. Mau is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Piyariya Khurd (under 2 km), Lodhauta Kalan (under 2 km) and Piyariya Kalan (under 2 km).

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

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