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About Andayan Village

Andayan is a mid sized village in Akbarpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,197, made up of 661 males and 536 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.95 hectares hectares.

Andayan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Andayan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Akbarpur
Area (hectares) 298.95 hectares
Population 1,197
Male Population 661
Female Population 536
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 811
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Andayan compares

By the 2011 count Andayan is the 143rd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 298.95 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 868.

Getting to Andayan

Andayan 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 Andayan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Andayan from other places

Andayan lies about 20 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Jhinjhak, about 11 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 Andayan
Nearest town Jhīnjhak 11 km
Nearest railway station Jhinjhak 11 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Akbarpur 33 km

Villages closest to Andayan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Andayan village had a population of 1,197. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Andayan village has 661 males and 536 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Andayan has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 868.

Andayan covers 298.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Andayan falls under Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Andayan is Jhinjhak, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Andayan.

Andayan is about 20 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Andayan is in Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Jhīnjhak is about 11 km away. Jhinjhak is about 11 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manda (4.9 km), Parsauli (5.2 km) and Tipu (5.2 km).

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

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