About Shakurabad Village

Shakurabad is a large village in Ratni Faridpur tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,486, made up of 1,870 males and 1,616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25 hectares hectares.

Shakurabad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakurabad village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jehanabad
Tehsil	Ratni Faridpur
Area (hectares)	25 hectares
Population	3,486
Male Population	1,870
Female Population	1,616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shakurabad compares

By the 2011 count Shakurabad is the 13th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,685 residents. Its 25 hectares work out to about 139 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 918.

Getting to Shakurabad

Shakurabad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shakurabad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Shakurabad from other places

Shakurabad lies about 11 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Niyazipur, about 8.7 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 Shakurabad
Tehsil headquarters	Ratni Faridpur	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Niyazipur	8.7 km
District headquarters	Jehanabad	11 km
Nearest town	Jahānābād	11 km

Villages closest to Shakurabad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ratni Faridpur 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 Shakurabad

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakurabad village had a population of 3,486. That makes it the 13th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,685 residents.

Shakurabad village has 1,870 males and 1,616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakurabad has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Shakurabad covers 25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 139 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Shakurabad falls under Ratni Faridpur tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shakurabad is Niyazipur, about 8.7 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 village for Shakurabad.

Shakurabad is about 11 km from Jehanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shakurabad is in Ratni Faridpur tehsil of Jehanabad district. Ratni Faridpur is about 5.1 km away. Niyazipur is about 8.7 km away. Jehanabad is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.