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About Diwali Village

Diwali is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,936, made up of 1,040 males and 896 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.74 hectares hectares.

Diwali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Diwali village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 221.74 hectares
Population 1,936
Male Population 1,040
Female Population 896
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Diwali compares

By the 2011 count Diwali is the 70th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 221.74 hectares work out to about 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Diwali

Diwali 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 Diwali as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. The nearest villages by name are Diuhana, Diuras, Diuria Jaswantpur and Divri. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Diwali

As per the Census of India 2011, Diwali village had a population of 1,936. That makes it the 70th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Diwali village has 1,040 males and 896 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Diwali has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Diwali covers 221.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The census record for Diwali notes the nearest railway station as Available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Diwali.

Diwali is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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