About Jignish Village

Jignish is a mid sized village in Derapur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,239, made up of 655 males and 584 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jignish Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jignish village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Derapur
Pincode	209302
Area (hectares)	229.71 hectares
Population	1,239
Male Population	655
Female Population	584
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jignish compares

By the 2011 count Jignish is the 79th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents. Its 229.71 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Jignish

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

Jignish lies about 2.5 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Phaphund, about 6.7 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 Jignish
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Derapur	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Phaphund	6.7 km
Nearest town	Jhīnjhak	15 km

Villages closest to Jignish

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jignish village had a population of 1,239. That makes it the 79th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents.

Jignish village has 655 males and 584 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jignish has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 862.

The pincode recorded for Jignish is 209302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jignish covers 229.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jignish falls under Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jignish is Phaphund, about 6.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Jignish.

Jignish is about 2.5 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jignish is in Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Kanpur Dehat is about 2.5 km away. Derapur is about 5.7 km away. Phaphund is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.