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About Jafarpur Village

Jafarpur is a large village in Shamli tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,391, made up of 1,260 males and 1,131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336.25 hectares hectares.

Jafarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jafarpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Muzaffarnagar
Tehsil Shamli
Area (hectares) 336.25 hectares
Population 2,391
Male Population 1,260
Female Population 1,131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jafarpur compares

By the 2011 count Jafarpur is the 66th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,523 residents. Its 336.25 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Jafarpur

Jafarpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jafarpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jafarpur from other places

Jafarpur lies about 41 km from Muzaffarnagar, and the nearest railway station is Thana Bhawan Town, about 9.5 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 Jafarpur
Nearest railway station Thana Bhawan Town 9.5 km
Nearest town Thāna Bhawan 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Shamli 20 km
District headquarters Muzaffarnagar 41 km

Villages closest to Jafarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jafarpur village had a population of 2,391. That makes it the 66th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,523 residents.

Jafarpur village has 1,260 males and 1,131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jafarpur has about 898 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 876.

Jafarpur covers 336.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Jafarpur falls under Shamli tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jafarpur is Thana Bhawan Town, about 9.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jafarpur.

Jafarpur is about 41 km from Muzaffarnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jafarpur is in Shamli tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district. Thana Bhawan Town is about 9.5 km away. Thāna Bhawan is about 10 km away. Shamli is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garhi Abdullakhan (1.5 km), Paltheri (2.1 km) and Bunta (2.4 km).

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

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