About Urshan Village

Urshan is a large village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,271, made up of 1,741 males and 1,530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 581.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Urshan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Urshan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Sikandra
Pincode	209301
Area (hectares)	581.15 hectares
Population	3,271
Male Population	1,741
Female Population	1,530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
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 Urshan compares

By the 2011 count Urshan is the 14th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 581.15 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Urshan

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

Urshan lies about 12 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Phaphund, about 17 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 Urshan
Tehsil headquarters	Sikandra	11 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	12 km
Nearest railway station	Phaphund	17 km
Nearest town	Pukhrāyān	20 km

Villages closest to Urshan

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 Urshan

As per the Census of India 2011, Urshan village had a population of 3,271. That makes it the 14th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Urshan village has 1,741 males and 1,530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Urshan has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 856.

The pincode recorded for Urshan is 209301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Urshan covers 581.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Urshan is Phaphund, about 17 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 Urshan.

Urshan is about 12 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Urshan is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 11 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 12 km away. Phaphund is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.