About Sawain Village

Sawain is a large village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,134, made up of 2,050 males and 2,084 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2050.7 hectares hectares.

Sawain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawain village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Shahganj
Area (hectares)	2050.7 hectares
Population	4,134
Male Population	2,050
Female Population	2,084
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sawain compares

By the 2011 count Sawain is the 27th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 2050.7 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Sawain

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

How far is Sawain from other places

Sawain lies about 44 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Bilwai, about 16 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 Sawain
Nearest railway station	Bilwai	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahganj	19 km
Nearest town	Shāhganj	19 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	44 km

Villages closest to Sawain

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.

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Common questions about Sawain

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawain village had a population of 4,134. That makes it the 27th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Sawain village has 2,050 males and 2,084 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawain has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Sawain covers 2050.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sawain is Bilwai, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sawain.

Sawain is about 44 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawain is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Bilwai is about 16 km away. Shahganj is about 19 km away. Shāhganj is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.