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About Gahni Village

Gahni is a mid sized village in Maunath Bhanjan tehsil, in the district of Mau, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,868, made up of 918 males and 950 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.09 hectares hectares.

Gahni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahni village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mau
Tehsil Maunath Bhanjan
Area (hectares) 114.09 hectares
Population 1,868
Male Population 918
Female Population 950
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Gahni compares

By the 2011 count Gahni is the 105th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,384 residents. Its 114.09 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Gahni

Gahni 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 Gahni 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 Gahni from other places

Gahni lies about 16 km from Mau, and the nearest railway station is Haldharpur, about 3.7 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 Gahni
Nearest railway station Haldharpur 3.7 km
Nearest town Kopāganj 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Maunath Bhanjan 16 km
District headquarters Mau 16 km

Villages closest to Gahni

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maunath Bhanjan 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 Gahni

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahni village had a population of 1,868. That makes it the 105th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,384 residents.

Gahni village has 918 males and 950 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahni has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

Gahni covers 114.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gahni falls under Maunath Bhanjan tehsil of Mau district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gahni is Haldharpur, about 3.7 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 Gahni.

Gahni is about 16 km from Mau in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahni is in Maunath Bhanjan tehsil of Mau district. Haldharpur is about 3.7 km away. Kopāganj is about 15 km away. Maunath Bhanjan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajdiha (under 2 km), Bhojbari (under 2 km) and Jagbhanpur (under 2 km).

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

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