About Shekhpura Village

Shekhpura is a mid sized village in Naubatpur tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,316, made up of 697 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295 hectares hectares.

Shekhpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekhpura village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Naubatpur
Area (hectares)	295 hectares
Population	1,316
Male Population	697
Female Population	619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
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 Shekhpura compares

By the 2011 count Shekhpura is the 56th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 295 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Shekhpura

Shekhpura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shekhpura 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 Shekhpura from other places

Shekhpura lies about 14 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Ganpura, about 3.2 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 Shekhpura
Nearest railway station	Ganpura	3.2 km
Nearest town	Khagaul	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Naubatpur	8.4 km
District headquarters	Patna	14 km

Villages closest to Shekhpura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Naubatpur 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 Shekhpura

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekhpura village had a population of 1,316. That makes it the 56th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Shekhpura village has 697 males and 619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekhpura has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 900.

Shekhpura covers 295 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shekhpura falls under Naubatpur tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shekhpura is Ganpura, about 3.2 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 Shekhpura.

Shekhpura is about 14 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekhpura is in Naubatpur tehsil of Patna district. Ganpura is about 3.2 km away. Khagaul is about 8.2 km away. Naubatpur is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.