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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Vijay bahadur singh
Contact: 99****7262
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- LGD code
- 163261
- Pincode
- 212302
- Post office
- Meja
- Population
- 1,759
- Households
- 253
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 499
Census 2011 · in context
How Tigja compares
By population, Tigja ranks #105 of 393 villages in Meja mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.4%
−8.7% vs mandal average
- Tigja
- 50.4%
- Meja mandal
- 59.1%
- Prayagraj district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
+72 vs mandal average
- Tigja
- 990
- Meja mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
7.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Tigja
- 7.0
- Meja mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tigja at a glance
Tigja is a village of 1,759 people in 253 households (Census 2011) in Meja tehsil, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, the 105th-largest of 393 villages in Meja tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 212302, served by Meja post office; the LGD village code is 163261. The sarpanch is Vijay bahadur singh , and the village votes in Purwa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anil Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 2,074 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tigja
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ALLAHABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TIGJA
- Total area (ha)
- 170.43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50.49
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tigja
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tigja
- LGD code
- 163261
- Pincode
- 212302
- Post office
- Meja
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,759
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,074
- Households
- 253
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Unnao
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purwa
- Member of Parliament
- Sakshi Maharaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anil Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Vijay bahadur singh
- Block / Mandal
- Meja
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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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)