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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Nigohan is a village in Tiloi mandal, Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 3,584 across 636 households. The village has the highest literacy rate among the listed villages at 54.5% and is located at coordinates 26.562°N, 81.030°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHANDRAPAL
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- LGD code
- 144167
- Pincode
- 229302
- Post office
- Fursatganj
- Population
- 3,584
- Households
- 636
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Sex ratio
- 917 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,279
- Distance to district centre
- 57 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 32 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 #35 of 199 villages in Tiloi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.5%
+4.4% vs mandal average
- Nigohan
- 54.5%
- Tiloi mandal
- 50.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
917
−35 vs mandal average
- Nigohan
- 917
- Tiloi mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
5.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Nigohan
- 5.6
- Tiloi mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nigohan at a glance
Nigohan is a village of 3,584 people in 636 households (Census 2011) in Tiloi tehsil, Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, the 35th-largest of 199 villages in Tiloi tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Amethi district centre, 9 km from Samesi, the nearest town, 2 km from Nigohan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 229302, served by Fursatganj post office; the LGD village code is 144167. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC Bachhrawan, 13 km away. The sarpanch is CHANDRAPAL, and the village votes in Bachhrawan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyam Sunder. The population is estimated at 4,226 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
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- RAE BARELI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RATNAPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 330.49
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 270.05
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.36
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nigohan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Nigohan
- LGD code
- 144167
- Pincode
- 229302
- Post office
- Fursatganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,584
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,226
- Households
- 636
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 917
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Coordinates
- 26.56204°N, 81.03045°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rae Bareli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bachhrawan
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Gandhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shyam Sunder
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHANDRAPAL
- Block / Mandal
- Tiloi
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
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)