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About Saraiya Village

Saraiya is a mid sized village in Zamania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,217, made up of 642 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.54 hectares hectares.

Saraiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saraiya village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Zamania
Area (hectares) 52.54 hectares
Population 1,217
Male Population 642
Female Population 575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Saraiya compares

By the 2011 count Saraiya is the 137th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents. Its 52.54 hectares work out to about 23 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 923.

Getting to Saraiya

Saraiya 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 Saraiya as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Saraiya from other places

Saraiya lies about 15 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Saheri, about 6.6 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 Saraiya
Nearest railway station Saheri 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Zamania 13 km
Nearest town Zamānia 13 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 15 km

Villages closest to Saraiya

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.

Common questions about Saraiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Saraiya village had a population of 1,217. That makes it the 137th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents.

Saraiya village has 642 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saraiya has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Saraiya covers 52.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Saraiya is Saheri, about 6.6 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 and private bus service as Available for Saraiya.

Saraiya is about 15 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saraiya is in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Saheri is about 6.6 km away. Zamania is about 13 km away. Zamānia is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malsa Khurd (under 2 km), Partappur (1.6 km) and Sonharia (3.0 km).

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

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