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About Khurwal Village

Khurwal is a large village in Mahmudabad tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,859, made up of 1,529 males and 1,330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187.03 hectares hectares.

Khurwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurwal village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sitapur
Tehsil Mahmudabad
Area (hectares) 187.03 hectares
Population 2,859
Male Population 1,529
Female Population 1,330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Khurwal compares

By the 2011 count Khurwal is the 40th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,542 residents. Its 187.03 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Khurwal

Khurwal 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 Khurwal 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khurwal from other places

Khurwal lies about 46 km from Sitapur, and the nearest railway station is Sarayan, about 10 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 Khurwal
Nearest railway station Sarayan 10 km
Nearest town Biswān 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Mahmudabad 16 km
District headquarters Sitapur 46 km

Villages closest to Khurwal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mahmudabad 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 Khurwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurwal village had a population of 2,859. That makes it the 40th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,542 residents.

Khurwal village has 1,529 males and 1,330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurwal has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Khurwal covers 187.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khurwal falls under Mahmudabad tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khurwal is Sarayan, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Khurwal is about 46 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurwal is in Mahmudabad tehsil of Sitapur district. Sarayan is about 10 km away. Biswān is about 15 km away. Mahmudabad is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadarpur (under 2 km), Kewalpur (under 2 km) and Behdamber (under 2 km).

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

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