About Sawrai Village

Sawrai is one of the larger villages in Zamania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,550, made up of 6,482 males and 6,068 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 878.02 hectares hectares.

Sawrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawrai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Tehsil	Zamania
Area (hectares)	878.02 hectares
Population	12,550
Male Population	6,482
Female Population	6,068
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sawrai compares

By the 2011 count Sawrai is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents. Its 878.02 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Sawrai

Sawrai 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 Sawrai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sawrai from other places

Sawrai lies about 32 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Zamania, about 9.4 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 Sawrai
Nearest railway station	Zamania	9.4 km
Nearest town	Zamānia	14 km
District headquarters	Ghazipur	32 km

Villages closest to Sawrai

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Sawrai

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawrai village had a population of 12,550. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents.

Sawrai village has 6,482 males and 6,068 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawrai has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Sawrai covers 878.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sawrai falls under Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sawrai is Zamania, about 9.4 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 village for Sawrai.

Sawrai is about 32 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawrai is in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Zamania is about 9.4 km away. Zamānia is about 14 km away. Ghazipur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.