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About Kuiyan Village

Kuiyan is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,308, made up of 694 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.63 hectares hectares.

Kuiyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuiyan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 141.63 hectares
Population 1,308
Male Population 694
Female Population 614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Kuiyan compares

By the 2011 count Kuiyan is the 144th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 141.63 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Kuiyan

Kuiyan 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 Kuiyan 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 Kuiyan from other places

Kuiyan lies about 32 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Anjhi Shahabad, about 20 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 Kuiyan
Nearest town Shāhābād 16 km
Nearest railway station Anjhi Shahabad 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 32 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 32 km

Villages closest to Kuiyan

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 Kuiyan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuiyan village had a population of 1,308. That makes it the 144th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Kuiyan village has 694 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuiyan has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Kuiyan covers 141.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Kuiyan is Anjhi Shahabad, about 20 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 Kuiyan.

Kuiyan is about 32 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuiyan is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Shāhābād is about 16 km away. Anjhi Shahabad is about 20 km away. Powayan is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bisaria (1.5 km), Bilsa (2.4 km) and Mahurayan (5.5 km).

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

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