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Biswan

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Gauriganj mandal
Pincode 227409
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Biswan is a village in Gauriganj mandal, Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh. It has a population of 353 across 55 households with a literacy rate of 55.2%. The village has railway access and is located at coordinates 27.490°N, 80.995°E.

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radhika
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LGD code
169248
Pincode
227409
Post office
Gauriganj
Population
353
Households
55
Literacy rate
55.2%
Sex ratio
1029 ♀/1000♂
Workers
67
Distance to district centre
85 km
Distance to mandal centre
81 km
Distance to Lucknow
72 km
Distance to Delhi
392 km
Nearest railway station
Biswan · <1 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Vansh Polyclinic · 23 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Biswan compares

By population, Biswan ranks #230 of 257 villages in Gauriganj mandal.

Literacy rate
%
55.2%
+0.1% vs mandal average
Biswan
55.2%
Gauriganj mandal
55.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,029
+43 vs mandal average
Biswan
1,029
Gauriganj mandal
986
Household size
people per home
6.4
+0.6 vs mandal average
Biswan
6.4
Gauriganj mandal
5.8

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Biswan at a glance

Biswan is a village of 353 people in 55 households (Census 2011) in Gauriganj tehsil, Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, the 230th-largest of 257 villages in Gauriganj tehsil. Literacy is 55%, about the same as the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,029 women per 1,000 men. It lies 85 km from the Amethi district centre, 47 km from Bharawan, the nearest town, under 1 km from Biswan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 227409, served by Gauriganj post office; the LGD village code is 169248. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vansh Polyclinic, 23 km away. The sarpanch is radhika, and the village votes in Balamau assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rampal Verma. The population is estimated at 416 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Songara

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Biswan · this village35355%
Jaswal · Campierganj1,35263%0 km N
Itwa · Campierganj80458%0 km N
Ban · Campierganj3,64353%0 km N
Amiriti · Mirzapur1,81551%15 km E
Amiriti · Biswan1,09946%15 km E
Mahmudabad · Ghaziabad68754%24.8 km SE

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Biswan

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
No
Well water
No
Hand pump
Yes
Tube well / borewell
No
Electricity for homes
Yes
Electricity for farms
No
Power hours (summer)
4
Power hours (winter)
5
Primary school
0
Middle school
0
Secondary school
0
Senior secondary
0
Degree college
0
Primary health centre
0
Health sub-centre
0
Community health centre
0
Dispensary
0
Veterinary hospital
0
Post office
No
Sub post office
No
Commercial bank
No
Cooperative bank
No
ATM
No
Public bus service
No
Private bus service
No
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
Yes
Anganwadi centre
Yes
ASHA worker
No
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
Yes
Weekly haat
Yes
Nearest statutory town
GAURIGANJ
Distance to nearest town (km)
8
Distance to district HQ (km)
8
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
8
All-weather road
No
Gram panchayat (2011)
SOGARA
Total area (ha)
59.2
Irrigated area (ha)
58.46
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Key facts — Biswan

LGD code
169248
Pincode
227409
Post office
Gauriganj
Population (Census 2011)
353
Population (projected 2026)
416
Households
55
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1029
Literacy rate
55.2%
Coordinates
27.49048°N, 80.99536°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Misrikh
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Balamau
Member of Parliament
Ashok Kumar Rawat
Member of Legislative Assembly
Rampal Verma
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
radhika
Block / Mandal
Gauriganj
Nearest railway station
Biswan (0.4 km)
Getting there

How to reach Biswan

Mandal centre
Gauriganj · ≈ 81 km
≈ 2 h 46 min by car · 3 h 17 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Amethi · ≈ 85 km
≈ 2 h 55 min by car · 3 h 28 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 10,443 people
Bharawan · ≈ 47 km
≈ 1 h 36 min by car · 1 h 54 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Lucknow72 kmcapital
  • Delhi392 km
  • Kolkata922 km
  • Hyderabad1153 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationBiswan<1 km
  • Hospital / PHCVansh Polyclinic23 km
  • ATM / bankBank of Baroda27 km
  • Petrol pumpbharat gas33 km
  • CollegeRR Group of institutions54 km
Nearest to the village
Railway station
Biswanunder 1 km
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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