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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Nigohan is a village in Mohanlalganj mandal, Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 6,474 across 1,093 households. The literacy rate is 63.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ABHAY KANT
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- LGD code
- 143772
- Pincode
- 226302
- Post office
- Nigohan
- Population
- 6,474
- Households
- 1,093
- Literacy rate
- 63.5%
- Sex ratio
- 889 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,893
- Distance to district centre
- 80 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 43 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 33 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 440 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nigohan · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC Bachhrawan · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nigohan compares
By population, Nigohan ranks #7 of 229 villages in Mohanlalganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.5%
+6.7% vs mandal average
- Nigohan
- 63.5%
- Mohanlalganj mandal
- 56.8%
- Lucknow district
- 68.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
889
−19 vs mandal average
- Nigohan
- 889
- Mohanlalganj mandal
- 908
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Nigohan
- 5.9
- Mohanlalganj mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nigohan at a glance
Nigohan is a village of 6,474 people in 1,093 households (Census 2011) in Mohanlalganj tehsil, Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 229 villages in Mohanlalganj tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 889 women per 1,000 men. It lies 80 km from the Lucknow district centre, 9 km from Samesi, the nearest town, 2 km from Nigohan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 226302, served by Nigohan post office; the LGD village code is 143772. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC Bachhrawan, 13 km away. The sarpanch is ABHAY KANT, and the village votes in Malihabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jai Devi. The population is estimated at 7,633 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nigohan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- LUCKNOW
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NIGOHAN
- Total area (ha)
- 639.87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 371.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nigohan
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Key facts — Nigohan
- LGD code
- 143772
- Pincode
- 226302
- Post office
- Nigohan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,474
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,633
- Households
- 1,093
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 889
- Literacy rate
- 63.5%
- Coordinates
- 26.56204°N, 81.03045°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Malihabad
- Member of Parliament
- R. K. Chaudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jai Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ABHAY KANT
- Block / Mandal
- Mohanlalganj
Getting there
How to reach Nigohan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow33 kmcapital
- Delhi440 km
- Kolkata864 km
- Hyderabad1054 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNigohan2 km
- Bus stopMedanta Bus Stop24 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC Bachhrawan13 km
- ATM / bankBank of India RSETI Lucknow12 km
- Petrol pumpHP24 km
- CollegeSaroj Institute of Technology26 km
- Police stationAlambagh Police Station32 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 226302
- SamesiMohanlalganj mandal11,646 pop
- UtrawanMohanlalganj mandal8,316 pop
- NatauliMohanlalganj mandal5,380 pop
- Dayal PurMohanlalganj mandal4,877 pop
- Mirak NagarMohanlalganj mandal4,260 pop
- SirsMohanlalganj mandal4,173 pop
- Sherpur LawalMohanlalganj mandal2,901 pop
- MangtaiyaMohanlalganj mandal2,692 pop
- PataunaMohanlalganj mandal2,274 pop
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)