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About Guaawan Village

Guaawan is a mid sized village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 926, made up of 450 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.07 hectares hectares.

Guaawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guaawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 179.07 hectares
Population 926
Male Population 450
Female Population 476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,058
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 Guaawan compares

By the 2011 count Guaawan is the 277th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 179.07 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Guaawan

Guaawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Guaawan 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 Guaawan from other places

Guaawan lies about 51 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Gaura, about 9.8 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 Guaawan
Nearest railway station Gaura 9.8 km
Nearest town Bela 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 26 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 51 km

Villages closest to Guaawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guaawan village had a population of 926. That makes it the 277th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Guaawan village has 450 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guaawan has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1061.

Guaawan covers 179.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guaawan falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Guaawan is Gaura, about 9.8 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 Guaawan.

Guaawan is about 51 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guaawan is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Gaura is about 9.8 km away. Bela is about 23 km away. Machhlishahr is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kundaha (under 2 km), Pura Chaknarain (2.6 km) and Balhamau (2.8 km).

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

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