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About Air Village

Air is a large village in Orai tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,798, made up of 2,083 males and 1,715 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 792.46 hectares hectares.

Air Overview

Census 2011 figures for Air village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Orai
Area (hectares) 792.46 hectares
Population 3,798
Male Population 2,083
Female Population 1,715
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 823
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Air compares

By the 2011 count Air is the 8th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents. Its 792.46 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Air

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

How far is Air from other places

Air lies about 30 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Orai, about 7.8 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 Air
Nearest railway station Orai 7.8 km
District headquarters Jalaun 30 km

Villages closest to Air

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Air village had a population of 3,798. That makes it the 8th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents.

Air village has 2,083 males and 1,715 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Air has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Air covers 792.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Air falls under Orai tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Air is Orai, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Air.

Air is about 30 km from Jalaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Air is in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district. Orai is about 7.8 km away. Jalaun is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patti Air (under 2 km), Dhamni Buzurg (3.1 km) and Karwi Khurd (3.6 km).

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

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