About Shukul Khap Village

Shukul Khap is a mid sized village in Gurua tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 933, made up of 498 males and 435 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares.

Shukul Khap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shukul Khap village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Gurua
Area (hectares)	59 hectares
Population	933
Male Population	498
Female Population	435
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shukul Khap compares

By the 2011 count Shukul Khap is the 79th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Shukul Khap

Shukul Khap is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shukul Khap 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shukul Khap from other places

Shukul Khap lies about 29 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 20 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 Shukul Khap
Tehsil headquarters	Gurua	3.9 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	8.5 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	20 km
District headquarters	Gaya	29 km

Villages closest to Shukul Khap

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gurua 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 Shukul Khap

As per the Census of India 2011, Shukul Khap village had a population of 933. That makes it the 79th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents.

Shukul Khap village has 498 males and 435 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shukul Khap has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Shukul Khap covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Shukul Khap falls under Gurua tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shukul Khap is Guraru, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shukul Khap.

Shukul Khap is about 29 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shukul Khap is in Gurua tehsil of Gaya district. Gurua is about 3.9 km away. Sherghāti is about 8.5 km away. Guraru is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.