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About Sarafupur Village

Sarafupur is a small village in Ghosi tehsil, in the district of Mau, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 239 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.39 hectares hectares.

Sarafupur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarafupur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mau
Tehsil Ghosi
Area (hectares) 24.39 hectares
Population 484
Male Population 239
Female Population 245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Sarafupur compares

By the 2011 count Sarafupur is the 223rd largest of the 323 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,256 residents. Its 24.39 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Sarafupur

Sarafupur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sarafupur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sarafupur from other places

Sarafupur lies about 18 km from Mau, and the nearest railway station is Ghosi, about 2.9 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 Sarafupur
Nearest railway station Ghosi 2.9 km
Nearest town Ghosī 3.1 km
District headquarters Mau 18 km

Villages closest to Sarafupur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarafupur village had a population of 484. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 323 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,256 residents.

Sarafupur village has 239 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarafupur has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

Sarafupur covers 24.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sarafupur falls under Ghosi tehsil of Mau district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sarafupur is Ghosi, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Sarafupur.

Sarafupur is about 18 km from Mau in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarafupur is in Ghosi tehsil of Mau district. Ghosi is about 2.9 km away. Ghosī is about 3.1 km away. Mau is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nadwal (under 2 km), Muzar Buzurg (under 2 km) and Usari Buzurg (under 2 km).

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

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