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About Ahad Village

Ahad is a mid sized village in Gauriganj tehsil, in the district of Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,207, made up of 593 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211.02 hectares hectares.

Ahad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ahad village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sultanpur
Tehsil Gauriganj
Area (hectares) 211.02 hectares
Population 1,207
Male Population 593
Female Population 614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ahad compares

By the 2011 count Ahad is the 129th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,536 residents. Its 211.02 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Ahad

Ahad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ahad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ahad from other places

Ahad lies about 50 km from Sultanpur, and the nearest railway station is Waris Ganj Halt, about 11 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 Ahad
Nearest railway station Waris Ganj Halt 11 km
Nearest town Jais 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Gauriganj 23 km
District headquarters Sultanpur 50 km

Villages closest to Ahad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ahad village had a population of 1,207. That makes it the 129th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,536 residents.

Ahad village has 593 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ahad has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

Ahad covers 211.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ahad falls under Gauriganj tehsil of Sultanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ahad is Waris Ganj Halt, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ahad.

Ahad is about 50 km from Sultanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ahad is in Gauriganj tehsil of Sultanpur district. Waris Ganj Halt is about 11 km away. Jais is about 15 km away. Gauriganj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chituhala (under 2 km), Gautampur (under 2 km) and Dakhinwara (1.7 km).

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

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