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About Biban Mau Village

Biban Mau is a large village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,536, made up of 1,741 males and 1,795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.96 hectares hectares.

Biban Mau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biban Mau village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Kerakat
Area (hectares) 238.96 hectares
Population 3,536
Male Population 1,741
Female Population 1,795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Biban Mau compares

By the 2011 count Biban Mau is the 43rd largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 238.96 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1071.

Getting to Biban Mau

Biban Mau 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 Biban Mau 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Biban Mau from other places

Biban Mau lies about 16 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Jalalganj, about 2.3 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 Biban Mau
Nearest railway station Jalalganj 2.3 km
Nearest town Mariāhu 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Kerakat 16 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 16 km

Villages closest to Biban Mau

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kerakat 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 Biban Mau

As per the Census of India 2011, Biban Mau village had a population of 3,536. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Biban Mau village has 1,741 males and 1,795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biban Mau has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1071.

Biban Mau covers 238.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Biban Mau falls under Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Biban Mau is Jalalganj, about 2.3 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Biban Mau.

Biban Mau is about 16 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biban Mau is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Jalalganj is about 2.3 km away. Mariāhu is about 15 km away. Kerakat is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pradhanpur (under 2 km), Rasulpur (1.7 km) and Rasulpur Ojhaniya (1.7 km).

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

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