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About Chekhuria Village

Chekhuria is a small village in Marihan tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 162 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.25 hectares hectares.

Chekhuria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chekhuria village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mirzapur
Tehsil Marihan
Area (hectares) 114.25 hectares
Population 300
Male Population 162
Female Population 138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 852
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chekhuria compares

By the 2011 count Chekhuria is the 160th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 114.25 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 918.

Getting to Chekhuria

Chekhuria 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 Chekhuria as Available. 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 Chekhuria from other places

Chekhuria lies about 36 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 8.2 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 Chekhuria
Nearest railway station Lusa 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Marihan 9.8 km
Nearest town Chunār 31 km
District headquarters Mirzapur 36 km

Villages closest to Chekhuria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chekhuria village had a population of 300. That makes it the 160th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Chekhuria village has 162 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chekhuria has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Chekhuria covers 114.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chekhuria falls under Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chekhuria is Lusa, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Chekhuria.

Chekhuria is about 36 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chekhuria is in Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district. Lusa is about 8.2 km away. Marihan is about 9.8 km away. Chunār is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pahari (under 2 km), Patharkhura (under 2 km) and Dadara (1.6 km).

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

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