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About Anantapur Village

Anantapur is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 153 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.4 hectares hectares.

Anantapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anantapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 106.4 hectares
Population 288
Male Population 153
Female Population 135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Anantapur compares

By the 2011 count Anantapur is the 525th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 106.4 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 Anantapur

Anantapur 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 Anantapur 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 Anantapur from other places

Anantapur lies about 24 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Algawan, about 21 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 Anantapur
Nearest town Jalālābād 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Algawan 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 24 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 24 km

Villages closest to Anantapur

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 Anantapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Anantapur village had a population of 288. That makes it the 525th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Anantapur village has 153 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anantapur has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Anantapur covers 106.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anantapur falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Anantapur is Algawan, about 21 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 Anantapur.

Anantapur is about 24 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anantapur is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Jalālābād is about 9.7 km away. Algawan is about 21 km away. Powayan is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basantapur (under 2 km), Itauli (2.5 km) and Malhpur (3.1 km).

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

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