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About Sarai Chandan Village

Sarai Chandan is a small village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 460, made up of 231 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 222123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarai Chandan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarai Chandan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Pincode 222123
Area (hectares) 88.5 hectares
Population 460
Male Population 231
Female Population 229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 991
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarai Chandan compares

By the 2011 count Sarai Chandan is the 381st largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 88.5 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Sarai Chandan

Sarai Chandan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sarai Chandan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sarai Chandan from other places

Sarai Chandan lies about 28 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Bakhsha, about 18 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 Sarai Chandan
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 1.7 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 1.7 km
Nearest railway station Bakhsha 18 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 28 km

Villages closest to Sarai Chandan

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 Sarai Chandan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarai Chandan village had a population of 460. That makes it the 381st largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Sarai Chandan village has 231 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarai Chandan has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1061.

The pincode recorded for Sarai Chandan is 222123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarai Chandan covers 88.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarai Chandan falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sarai Chandan is Bakhsha, about 18 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sarai Chandan.

Sarai Chandan is about 28 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarai Chandan is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Machhlishahr is about 1.7 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 1.7 km away. Bakhsha is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kauraha (under 2 km), Sarai Yusuf (under 2 km) and Daudpur (under 2 km).

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

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