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About Papraon Village

Papraon is a mid sized village in Marihan tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,086, made up of 590 males and 496 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 916 hectares hectares.

Papraon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Papraon village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mirzapur
Tehsil Marihan
Area (hectares) 916 hectares
Population 1,086
Male Population 590
Female Population 496
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Papraon compares

By the 2011 count Papraon is the 81st largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 916 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Papraon

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

How far is Papraon from other places

Papraon lies about 31 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 28 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 Papraon
Tehsil headquarters Marihan 14 km
Nearest railway station Lusa 28 km
District headquarters Mirzapur 31 km
Nearest town Mirzāpur 31 km

Villages closest to Papraon

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 Papraon

As per the Census of India 2011, Papraon village had a population of 1,086. That makes it the 81st largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Papraon village has 590 males and 496 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Papraon has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Papraon covers 916 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Papraon is Lusa, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Papraon.

Papraon is about 31 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Papraon is in Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district. Marihan is about 14 km away. Lusa is about 28 km away. Mirzapur 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 Banaki (2.0 km), Padaria Kalan (2.9 km) and Padaria Khurd (3.1 km).

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

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