About Dewar Village

Dewar is a mid sized village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 532, made up of 264 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.73 hectares hectares.

Dewar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewar village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Kerakat
Area (hectares)	43.73 hectares
Population	532
Male Population	264
Female Population	268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dewar compares

By the 2011 count Dewar is the 298th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 43.73 hectares work out to about 12 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 Dewar

Dewar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dewar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Dewar from other places

Dewar lies about 12 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Shudnipur, about 3.0 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 Dewar
Nearest railway station	Shudnipur	3.0 km
Nearest town	Mariāhu	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kerakat	12 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	12 km

Villages closest to Dewar

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.

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Common questions about Dewar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewar village had a population of 532. That makes it the 298th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Dewar village has 264 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewar has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1071.

Dewar covers 43.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dewar falls under Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dewar is Shudnipur, about 3.0 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 and private bus service as Available for Dewar.

Dewar is about 12 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewar is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Shudnipur is about 3.0 km away. Mariāhu is about 7.4 km away. Kerakat is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.