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About Firozpur Village

Firozpur 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 1,014, made up of 543 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.34 hectares hectares.

Firozpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Firozpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 346.34 hectares
Population 1,014
Male Population 543
Female Population 471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Firozpur compares

By the 2011 count Firozpur is the 96th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 346.34 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Firozpur

Firozpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Firozpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Firozpur from other places

Firozpur lies about 24 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Jhinjhak, about 25 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 Firozpur
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 2.9 km
Nearest town Auraiya 15 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 24 km
Nearest railway station Jhinjhak 25 km

Villages closest to Firozpur

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 Firozpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Firozpur village had a population of 1,014. That makes it the 96th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Firozpur village has 543 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Firozpur has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Firozpur covers 346.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Firozpur is Jhinjhak, about 25 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Firozpur.

Firozpur is about 24 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Firozpur is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 2.9 km away. Auraiya is about 15 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gurdahi Khurd (under 2 km), Gopalpur Derapur (2.0 km) and Rajauli (2.1 km).

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

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