About Siswa Village

Siswa is a small village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 266, made up of 144 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.02 hectares hectares.

Siswa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siswa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	29.02 hectares
Population	266
Male Population	144
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Siswa compares

By the 2011 count Siswa is the 239th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 29.02 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Siswa

Siswa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Siswa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Siswa from other places

Siswa lies about 23 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 5.1 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 Siswa
Nearest railway station	Maghar	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	7.3 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	11 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	23 km

Villages closest to Siswa

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.

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Common questions about Siswa

As per the Census of India 2011, Siswa village had a population of 266. That makes it the 239th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Siswa village has 144 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siswa has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Siswa covers 29.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Siswa falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Siswa is Maghar, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Siswa.

Siswa is about 23 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siswa is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Maghar is about 5.1 km away. Sahjanwa is about 7.3 km away. Khalīlābād is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.