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About Jyotish Village

Jyotish is a large village in Akbarpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,388, made up of 1,282 males and 1,106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.01 hectares hectares.

Jyotish Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jyotish village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Akbarpur
Area (hectares) 403.01 hectares
Population 2,388
Male Population 1,282
Female Population 1,106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
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 Jyotish compares

By the 2011 count Jyotish is the 63rd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 403.01 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Jyotish

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

Jyotish lies about 13 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Rura, about 8.4 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 Jyotish
Tehsil headquarters Akbarpur 4.0 km
Nearest railway station Rura 8.4 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 13 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 22 km

Villages closest to Jyotish

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 Jyotish

As per the Census of India 2011, Jyotish village had a population of 2,388. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Jyotish village has 1,282 males and 1,106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jyotish has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 868.

Jyotish covers 403.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jyotish is Rura, about 8.4 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 Jyotish.

Jyotish is about 13 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jyotish is in Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Akbarpur is about 4.0 km away. Rura is about 8.4 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muktapur Tappa Saintha (1.6 km), Taharpur Maidu (2.2 km) and Muktapur Mazara Nariha (2.4 km).

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

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