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About Behta Sanwat Village

Behta Sanwat is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 652 males and 574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.187 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 242001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behta Sanwat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behta Sanwat village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Pincode 242001
Area (hectares) 261.187 hectares
Population 1,226
Male Population 652
Female Population 574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Behta Sanwat compares

By the 2011 count Behta Sanwat is the 161st largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 261.187 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Behta Sanwat

Behta Sanwat is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Behta Sanwat as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Behta Sanwat from other places

Behta Sanwat lies about 34 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahmudpur Saraiyan, about 3.1 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 Behta Sanwat
Nearest railway station Mahmudpur Saraiyan 3.1 km
Nearest town Pihānī 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 34 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 34 km

Villages closest to Behta Sanwat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Powayan 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 Behta Sanwat

As per the Census of India 2011, Behta Sanwat village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 161st largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Behta Sanwat village has 652 males and 574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behta Sanwat has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Behta Sanwat is 242001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behta Sanwat covers 261.187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Behta Sanwat falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Behta Sanwat is Mahmudpur Saraiyan, about 3.1 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Behta Sanwat.

Behta Sanwat is about 34 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behta Sanwat is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Mahmudpur Saraiyan is about 3.1 km away. Pihānī is about 17 km away. Powayan is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Behta J Jenwan (under 2 km), Kesarpur Mafi (3.5 km) and Kumbhia Mafi (3.5 km).

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

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