About Sarai Village

Sarai is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,211, made up of 640 males and 571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443.3 hectares hectares.

Sarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	443.3 hectares
Population	1,211
Male Population	640
Female Population	571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarai compares

By the 2011 count Sarai is the 162nd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 443.3 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 Sarai

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

Sarai lies about 28 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Nigohi, about 7.9 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 Sarai
Nearest railway station	Nigohi	7.9 km
Nearest town	Pawāyan	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	28 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	28 km

Villages closest to Sarai

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.

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Common questions about Sarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarai village had a population of 1,211. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Sarai village has 640 males and 571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarai has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Sarai covers 443.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sarai is Nigohi, about 7.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sarai.

Sarai is about 28 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarai is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Nigohi is about 7.9 km away. Pawāyan is about 17 km away. Powayan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.