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About Sahnapur Village

Sahnapur is a small village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 151, made up of 84 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 798 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.95 hectares hectares.

Sahnapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahnapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Shahganj
Area (hectares) 37.95 hectares
Population 151
Male Population 84
Female Population 67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 798
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sahnapur compares

By the 2011 count Sahnapur is the 446th 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 37.95 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 1012.

Getting to Sahnapur

Sahnapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sahnapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sahnapur from other places

Sahnapur lies about 18 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mihrawan, about 10 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 Sahnapur
Nearest railway station Mihrawan 10 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahganj 20 km

Villages closest to Sahnapur

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 Sahnapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahnapur village had a population of 151. That makes it the 446th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Sahnapur village has 84 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahnapur has about 798 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Sahnapur covers 37.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sahnapur falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sahnapur is Mihrawan, about 10 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 - 10 km distance for Sahnapur.

Sahnapur is about 18 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahnapur is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Mihrawan is about 10 km away. Jaunpur is about 18 km away. Shahganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagahti (under 2 km), Pura Andhari (1.7 km) and Iswarpur Urf Salahdipur (1.8 km).

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

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