About Shekharpur Village

Shekharpur is a mid sized village in Pathalgaon tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,418, made up of 738 males and 680 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 594.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shekharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekharpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Pathalgaon
Pincode	496118
Area (hectares)	594.68 hectares
Population	1,418
Male Population	738
Female Population	680
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shekharpur compares

By the 2011 count Shekharpur is the 55th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,577 residents. Its 594.68 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Shekharpur

Shekharpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shekharpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Raja Ama, Rede, Rokbahar and Sagarpali. 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.

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Common questions about Shekharpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekharpur village had a population of 1,418. That makes it the 55th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,577 residents.

Shekharpur village has 738 males and 680 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekharpur has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Shekharpur is 496118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shekharpur covers 594.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shekharpur falls under Pathalgaon tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Shekharpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Shekharpur.

Shekharpur is in Pathalgaon tehsil of Jashpur 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.