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About Holpur Village

Holpur is a mid sized village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,169, made up of 578 males and 591 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.71 hectares hectares.

Holpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Holpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 121.71 hectares
Population 1,169
Male Population 578
Female Population 591
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
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 Holpur compares

By the 2011 count Holpur is the 215th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 121.71 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Holpur

Holpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Holpur 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 Holpur from other places

Holpur lies about 45 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mungara Badshahpur, about 7.2 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 Holpur
Nearest railway station Mungara Badshahpur 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 16 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 16 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 45 km

Villages closest to Holpur

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 Holpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Holpur village had a population of 1,169. That makes it the 215th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Holpur village has 578 males and 591 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Holpur has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1061.

Holpur covers 121.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Holpur is Mungara Badshahpur, about 7.2 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 Holpur.

Holpur is about 45 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Holpur is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Mungara Badshahpur is about 7.2 km away. Machhlishahr is about 16 km away. Machhlīshahr 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 Jakhaniyan (under 2 km), Umar Ganj (under 2 km) and Ukani (2.1 km).

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

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