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About Behmai Village

Behmai is a mid sized village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 650, made up of 348 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 549.51 hectares hectares.

Behmai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behmai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 549.51 hectares
Population 650
Male Population 348
Female Population 302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Behmai compares

By the 2011 count Behmai is the 138th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 549.51 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Behmai

Behmai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Behmai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Behmai from other places

Behmai lies about 42 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Phaphund, about 28 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 Behmai
Nearest town Auraiya 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 24 km
Nearest railway station Phaphund 28 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 42 km

Villages closest to Behmai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behmai village had a population of 650. That makes it the 138th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Behmai village has 348 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behmai has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Behmai covers 549.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Behmai falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Behmai is Phaphund, about 28 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Behmai.

Behmai is about 42 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behmai is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Auraiya is about 12 km away. Sikandra is about 24 km away. Phaphund is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mirjapur Kalan (7.9 km), Bijahara Sikandara Bangar (14 km) and Gauhani Bangar (14 km).

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

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