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About Papri Village

Papri is a mid sized village in Nakur tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 650, made up of 337 males and 313 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.03 hectares hectares.

Papri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Papri village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Saharanpur
Tehsil Nakur
Area (hectares) 179.03 hectares
Population 650
Male Population 337
Female Population 313
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Papri compares

By the 2011 count Papri is the 248th largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents. Its 179.03 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 891.

Getting to Papri

Papri 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 Papri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Papri from other places

Papri lies about 39 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Thana Bhawan, 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 Papri
Nearest railway station Thana Bhawan 9.5 km
Nearest town Jalālābad 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Nakur 28 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 39 km

Villages closest to Papri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Papri village had a population of 650. That makes it the 248th largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents.

Papri village has 337 males and 313 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Papri has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 891.

Papri covers 179.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Papri falls under Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Papri is Thana Bhawan, about 9.5 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 village for Papri.

Papri is about 39 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Papri is in Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district. Thana Bhawan is about 9.5 km away. Jalālābad is about 11 km away. Nakur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhabsa (1.9 km), Pujna (2.3 km) and Saliyar (2.5 km).

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

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