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About Sisawan Village

Sisawan is a small village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 200, made up of 106 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.24 hectares hectares.

Sisawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sisawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 44.24 hectares
Population 200
Male Population 106
Female Population 94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sisawan compares

By the 2011 count Sisawan is the 450th 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 44.24 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Sisawan

Sisawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sisawan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sisawan from other places

Sisawan lies about 20 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Bakhsha, about 8.2 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 Sisawan
Nearest railway station Bakhsha 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 12 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 12 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 20 km

Villages closest to Sisawan

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 Sisawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sisawan village had a population of 200. That makes it the 450th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Sisawan village has 106 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sisawan has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Sisawan covers 44.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sisawan is Bakhsha, about 8.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sisawan.

Sisawan is about 20 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sisawan is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Bakhsha is about 8.2 km away. Machhlishahr is about 12 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bisawan (under 2 km), Firozpur (1.8 km) and Bhilampur (2.3 km).

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

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