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About Palhanapur Village

Palhanapur is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 371, made up of 204 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.66 hectares hectares.

Palhanapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palhanapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 144.66 hectares
Population 371
Male Population 204
Female Population 167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 819
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palhanapur compares

By the 2011 count Palhanapur is the 489th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 144.66 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Palhanapur

Palhanapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palhanapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Palhanapur from other places

Palhanapur lies about 13 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Khiria Khurd, about 4.7 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 Palhanapur
Nearest railway station Khiria Khurd 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 13 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 13 km
Nearest town Shāhjānpur 13 km

Villages closest to Palhanapur

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 Palhanapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Palhanapur village had a population of 371. That makes it the 489th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Palhanapur village has 204 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palhanapur has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Palhanapur covers 144.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Palhanapur is Khiria Khurd, about 4.7 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palhanapur.

Palhanapur is about 13 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palhanapur is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Khiria Khurd is about 4.7 km away. Powayan is about 13 km away. Shahjahanpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khiriya Rasulpur (under 2 km), Fattepur Bujurg (under 2 km) and Katia Bujurg (1.9 km).

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

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