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About Jafarpur Village

Jafarpur is a small village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 220 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.17 hectares hectares.

Jafarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jafarpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 112.17 hectares
Population 396
Male Population 220
Female Population 176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
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 Jafarpur compares

By the 2011 count Jafarpur is the 169th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 112.17 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 856.

Getting to Jafarpur

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

Jafarpur lies about 28 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Chaunrah, about 26 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 Jafarpur
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 7.0 km
Nearest town Auraiya 18 km
Nearest railway station Chaunrah 26 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 28 km

Villages closest to Jafarpur

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 Jafarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Jafarpur village had a population of 396. That makes it the 169th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Jafarpur village has 220 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jafarpur has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 856.

Jafarpur covers 112.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jafarpur is Chaunrah, about 26 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 Jafarpur.

Jafarpur is about 28 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jafarpur is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 7.0 km away. Auraiya is about 18 km away. Chaunrah is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Milanpur (under 2 km), Khatkar (under 2 km) and Ghatapara (under 2 km).

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

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