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About Minya Chak Village

Minya Chak is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 545, made up of 280 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.57 hectares hectares.

Minya Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Minya Chak village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Shahganj
Area (hectares) 186.57 hectares
Population 545
Male Population 280
Female Population 265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Minya Chak compares

By the 2011 count Minya Chak is the 335th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 186.57 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Minya Chak

Minya Chak is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Minya Chak as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Minya Chak from other places

Minya Chak lies about 8.8 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mihrawan, about 4.3 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 Minya Chak
Nearest railway station Mihrawan 4.3 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahganj 24 km

Villages closest to Minya Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahganj 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 Minya Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Minya Chak village had a population of 545. That makes it the 335th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Minya Chak village has 280 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Minya Chak has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Minya Chak covers 186.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Minya Chak falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Minya Chak is Mihrawan, about 4.3 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 <5 km distance for Minya Chak.

Minya Chak is about 8.8 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Minya Chak is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Mihrawan is about 4.3 km away. Jaunpur is about 8.8 km away. Shahganj is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarai Khuaja (2.7 km), Urali (4.3 km) and Shakkarpur (4.7 km).

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

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