About Jigana Village

Jigana is a small village in Varanasi tehsil, in the district of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 48, made up of 28 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 714 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.7 hectares hectares.

Jigana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jigana village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Varanasi
Tehsil	Varanasi
Area (hectares)	46.7 hectares
Population	48
Male Population	28
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	714
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Jigana compares

By the 2011 count Jigana is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,740 residents. Its 46.7 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Jigana

Jigana 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 Jigana 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 Jigana from other places

Jigana lies about 13 km from Varanasi, and the nearest railway station is Kadipur, about 4.0 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 Jigana
Nearest railway station	Kadipur	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Varanasi	13 km

Villages closest to Jigana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jigana village had a population of 48. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,740 residents.

Jigana village has 28 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jigana has about 714 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Jigana covers 46.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jigana falls under Varanasi tehsil of Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jigana is Kadipur, about 4.0 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 Jigana.

Jigana is about 13 km from Varanasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jigana is in Varanasi tehsil of Varanasi district. Kadipur is about 4.0 km away. Varanasi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.