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About Shikaruganji Village

Shikaruganji is a large village in Dattirajeru tehsil, in the district of Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,883, made up of 1,423 males and 1,460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2238 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 535570, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shikaruganji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikaruganji village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Vizianagaram
Tehsil Dattirajeru
Pincode 535570
Area (hectares) 2238 hectares
Population 2,883
Male Population 1,423
Female Population 1,460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shikaruganji compares

By the 2011 count Shikaruganji is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents. Its 2238 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Shikaruganji

Shikaruganji is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shikaruganji as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Pedamanapuram, Porali, S Burjavalasa and S Chintalavalasa. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Shikaruganji

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikaruganji village had a population of 2,883. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents.

Shikaruganji village has 1,423 males and 1,460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikaruganji has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Shikaruganji is 535570. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shikaruganji covers 2238 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shikaruganji falls under Dattirajeru tehsil of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh.

The census record for Shikaruganji notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shikaruganji.

Shikaruganji is in Dattirajeru tehsil of Vizianagaram district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shikaruganji today is likely to be higher.

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