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About Nigohi Village

Nigohi 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 1,218, made up of 675 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.11 hectares hectares.

Nigohi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nigohi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Bhognipur
Area (hectares) 419.11 hectares
Population 1,218
Male Population 675
Female Population 543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 804
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nigohi compares

By the 2011 count Nigohi is the 112th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents. Its 419.11 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 Nigohi

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

How far is Nigohi from other places

Nigohi lies about 16 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Malasa, about 6.3 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 Nigohi
Nearest railway station Malasa 6.3 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhognipur 15 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 16 km

Villages closest to Nigohi

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 Nigohi

As per the Census of India 2011, Nigohi village had a population of 1,218. That makes it the 112th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents.

Nigohi village has 675 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nigohi has about 804 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 870.

Nigohi covers 419.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nigohi is Malasa, about 6.3 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Nigohi.

Nigohi is about 16 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nigohi is in Bhognipur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Malasa is about 6.3 km away. Pukhrāyān is about 13 km away. Bhognipur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kutra (under 2 km), Keshi (1.5 km) and Dundiyamau (1.7 km).

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

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