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About Sarai Rustam Village

Sarai Rustam is a large village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,481, made up of 1,332 males and 1,149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.59 hectares hectares.

Sarai Rustam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarai Rustam village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 66.59 hectares
Population 2,481
Male Population 1,332
Female Population 1,149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
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 Sarai Rustam compares

By the 2011 count Sarai Rustam is the 63rd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 66.59 hectares work out to about 37 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Sarai Rustam

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

Sarai Rustam lies about 52 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mungara Badshahpur, about under 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 Sarai Rustam
Nearest railway station Mungara Badshahpur under 2 km
Nearest town Phulpur 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 23 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 52 km

Villages closest to Sarai Rustam

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 Rustam

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarai Rustam village had a population of 2,481. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Sarai Rustam village has 1,332 males and 1,149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarai Rustam has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Sarai Rustam covers 66.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 37 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Sarai Rustam is Mungara Badshahpur, about under 2 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 Sarai Rustam.

Sarai Rustam is about 52 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarai Rustam is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Mungara Badshahpur is about under 2 km away. Phulpur is about 15 km away. Machhlishahr is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamalpur (under 2 km), Koramalpur (under 2 km) and Kodahon (under 2 km).

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

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