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About Maid Village

Maid is a small village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 115 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,183 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.41 hectares hectares.

Maid Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maid village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Area (hectares) 60.41 hectares
Population 251
Male Population 115
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,183
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Maid compares

By the 2011 count Maid is the 268th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 60.41 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Maid

The census records public bus service for Maid as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maid from other places

Maid lies about 11 km from Sonbhadra. 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 Maid
District headquarters Sonbhadra 11 km
Nearest town Robertsganj 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal 20 km

Villages closest to Maid

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maid village had a population of 251. That makes it the 268th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Maid village has 115 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maid has about 1183 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Maid covers 60.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maid falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Maid notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Maid.

Maid is about 11 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maid is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Sonbhadra is about 11 km away. Robertsganj is about 11 km away. Ghorawal 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 Jurauli Kolani (under 2 km), Shikari (under 2 km) and Renua (under 2 km).

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

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