About Shahmau Village

Shahmau is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 823, made up of 411 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.59 hectares hectares.

Shahmau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahmau village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Shahganj
Area (hectares)	139.59 hectares
Population	823
Male Population	411
Female Population	412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shahmau compares

By the 2011 count Shahmau is the 277th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 139.59 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 Shahmau

Shahmau is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shahmau as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Shahmau from other places

Shahmau lies about 39 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Nima Gopalpur, about 15 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 Shahmau
Nearest railway station	Nima Gopalpur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahganj	19 km
Nearest town	Shāhganj	19 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	39 km

Villages closest to Shahmau

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 Shahmau

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahmau village had a population of 823. That makes it the 277th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Shahmau village has 411 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahmau has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Shahmau covers 139.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shahmau is Nima Gopalpur, about 15 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 and private bus service as Available for Shahmau.

Shahmau is about 39 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahmau is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Nima Gopalpur is about 15 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.