About Jigna Village

Jigna 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 1,859, made up of 1,018 males and 841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jigna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jigna village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Sikandra
Pincode	209310
Area (hectares)	311.76 hectares
Population	1,859
Male Population	1,018
Female Population	841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	826
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jigna compares

By the 2011 count Jigna is the 44th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 311.76 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Jigna

Jigna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jigna 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jigna from other places

Jigna lies about 15 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Jhinjhak, about 12 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 Jigna
Tehsil headquarters	Sikandra	11 km
Nearest railway station	Jhinjhak	12 km
Nearest town	Jhīnjhak	13 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	15 km

Villages closest to Jigna

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.

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Common questions about Jigna

As per the Census of India 2011, Jigna village had a population of 1,859. That makes it the 44th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Jigna village has 1,018 males and 841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jigna has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

The pincode recorded for Jigna is 209310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jigna covers 311.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jigna is Jhinjhak, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Jigna.

Jigna is about 15 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jigna is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 11 km away. Jhinjhak is about 12 km away. Jhīnjhak is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.