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About Sandia Village

Sandia is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 265 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.76 hectares hectares.

Sandia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sandia village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 161.76 hectares
Population 486
Male Population 265
Female Population 221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Sandia compares

By the 2011 count Sandia is the 444th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 161.76 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 Sandia

Sandia 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 Sandia 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 Sandia from other places

Sandia lies about 20 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhakia Tiwari, about 6.6 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 Sandia
Nearest railway station Dhakia Tiwari 6.6 km
Nearest town Tilhar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 20 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 20 km

Villages closest to Sandia

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 Sandia

As per the Census of India 2011, Sandia village had a population of 486. That makes it the 444th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Sandia village has 265 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sandia has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Sandia covers 161.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sandia is Dhakia Tiwari, about 6.6 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 Sandia.

Sandia is about 20 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sandia is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Dhakia Tiwari is about 6.6 km away. Tilhar is about 12 km away. Powayan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Babupur (2.0 km), Bhatiura (2.9 km) and Bhatpura Chandu (2.9 km).

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

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