About Shahapur Village

Shahapur is a mid sized village in Gangapur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,757, made up of 916 males and 841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 661 hectares hectares.

Shahapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahapur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Gangapur
Area (hectares)	661 hectares
Population	1,757
Male Population	916
Female Population	841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shahapur compares

By the 2011 count Shahapur is the 42nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents. Its 661 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Shahapur

Shahapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shahapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shahapur from other places

Shahapur lies about 96 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Durgauti, about 23 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Shahapur
Tehsil headquarters	Gangapur	6.6 km
Nearest town	Bhabhua	15 km
Nearest railway station	Durgauti	23 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	96 km

Villages closest to Shahapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gangapur tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Shahapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahapur village had a population of 1,757. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents.

Shahapur village has 916 males and 841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahapur has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Shahapur covers 661 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shahapur falls under Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shahapur is Durgauti, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shahapur.

Shahapur is about 96 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahapur is in Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district. Gangapur is about 6.6 km away. Bhabhua is about 15 km away. Durgauti is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.