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About Nawada Village

Nawada is a mid sized village in Mariahu tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,567, made up of 837 males and 730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.37 hectares hectares.

Nawada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawada village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Mariahu
Area (hectares) 90.37 hectares
Population 1,567
Male Population 837
Female Population 730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Nawada compares

By the 2011 count Nawada is the 158th largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents. Its 90.37 hectares work out to about 17 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 1086.

Getting to Nawada

Nawada is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Nawada as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nawada from other places

Nawada lies about 22 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mariahu, about 3.5 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 Nawada
Nearest railway station Mariahu 3.5 km
Nearest town Mariāhu 4.4 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 22 km

Villages closest to Nawada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawada village had a population of 1,567. That makes it the 158th largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents.

Nawada village has 837 males and 730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawada has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Nawada covers 90.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Nawada falls under Mariahu tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nawada is Mariahu, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Nawada.

Nawada is about 22 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawada is in Mariahu tehsil of Jaunpur district. Mariahu is about 3.5 km away. Mariāhu is about 4.4 km away. Jaunpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salempur (under 2 km), Barigaon (under 2 km) and Mahamadpur Barigaon (under 2 km).

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

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