Skip to main content

About Barwal Mafi Village

Barwal Mafi is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,454, made up of 774 males and 680 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.06 hectares hectares.

Barwal Mafi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwal Mafi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 245.06 hectares
Population 1,454
Male Population 774
Female Population 680
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barwal Mafi compares

By the 2011 count Barwal Mafi is the 86th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 245.06 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Barwal Mafi

Barwal Mafi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barwal Mafi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barwal Mafi from other places

Barwal Mafi lies about 15 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Domingarh, 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 Barwal Mafi
Nearest railway station Domingarh 14 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 18 km

Villages closest to Barwal Mafi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sahjanwa 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 Barwal Mafi

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwal Mafi village had a population of 1,454. That makes it the 86th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Barwal Mafi village has 774 males and 680 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwal Mafi has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Barwal Mafi covers 245.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barwal Mafi falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barwal Mafi is Domingarh, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

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

Barwal Mafi is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Domingarh is about 14 km away. Gorakhpur is about 15 km away. Sahjanwa is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khortha (1.6 km), Jarlahi (2.1 km) and Rehara Jot (2.6 km).

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

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.