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About Atwa Village

Atwa is a mid sized village in Bhognipur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,377, made up of 753 males and 624 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.79 hectares hectares.

Atwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Atwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Bhognipur
Area (hectares) 352.79 hectares
Population 1,377
Male Population 753
Female Population 624
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 829
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 Atwa compares

By the 2011 count Atwa is the 98th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents. Its 352.79 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 870.

Getting to Atwa

Atwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Atwa 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 Atwa from other places

Atwa lies about 26 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Pokhrayan, about 3.4 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 Atwa
Nearest railway station Pokhrayan 3.4 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhognipur 6.9 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 26 km

Villages closest to Atwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Atwa village had a population of 1,377. That makes it the 98th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents.

Atwa village has 753 males and 624 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Atwa has about 829 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 870.

Atwa covers 352.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Atwa falls under Bhognipur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Atwa is Pokhrayan, about 3.4 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 Atwa.

Atwa is about 26 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Atwa is in Bhognipur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Pokhrayan is about 3.4 km away. Pukhrāyān is about 3.7 km away. Bhognipur is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gadai Khera (under 2 km), Asewa (under 2 km) and Hansemau (1.6 km).

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

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