About Tighara Village

Tighara is a large village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,403, made up of 1,211 males and 1,192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.39 hectares hectares.

Tighara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tighara village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Shahganj
Area (hectares)	115.39 hectares
Population	2,403
Male Population	1,211
Female Population	1,192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Tighara compares

By the 2011 count Tighara is the 80th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 115.39 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Tighara

Tighara 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 Tighara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tighara from other places

Tighara lies about 33 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Didarganj Road, about 6.0 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 Tighara
Nearest railway station	Didarganj Road	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahganj	9.7 km
Nearest town	Shāhganj	9.7 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	33 km

Villages closest to Tighara

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 Tighara

As per the Census of India 2011, Tighara village had a population of 2,403. That makes it the 80th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Tighara village has 1,211 males and 1,192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tighara has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

Tighara covers 115.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Tighara is Didarganj Road, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Tighara.

Tighara is about 33 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tighara is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Didarganj Road is about 6.0 km away. Shahganj is about 9.7 km away. Shāhganj is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.