About Maheshra Village

Maheshra is a large village in Dhanaura tehsil, in the district of Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,851, made up of 1,514 males and 1,337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281.57 hectares hectares.

Maheshra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshra village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jyotiba Phule Nagar
Tehsil	Dhanaura
Area (hectares)	281.57 hectares
Population	2,851
Male Population	1,514
Female Population	1,337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Maheshra compares

By the 2011 count Maheshra is the 20th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,225 residents. Its 281.57 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Maheshra

Maheshra 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 Maheshra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Maheshra from other places

Maheshra lies about 6.8 km from Jyotiba Phule Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Mahesra, about under 2 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 Maheshra
Nearest railway station	Mahesra	under 2 km
District headquarters	Jyotiba Phule Nagar	6.8 km
Nearest town	Gajraula	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaura	14 km

Villages closest to Maheshra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanaura 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 Maheshra

As per the Census of India 2011, Maheshra village had a population of 2,851. That makes it the 20th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,225 residents.

Maheshra village has 1,514 males and 1,337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshra has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 900.

Maheshra covers 281.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maheshra falls under Dhanaura tehsil of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maheshra is Mahesra, about under 2 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 village for Maheshra.

Maheshra is about 6.8 km from Jyotiba Phule Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshra is in Dhanaura tehsil of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district. Mahesra is about under 2 km away. Jyotiba Phule Nagar is about 6.8 km away. Gajraula is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.