About Shekhpur Village

Shekhpur is a mid sized village in Bawal tehsil, in the district of Rewari, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,204, made up of 648 males and 556 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 123501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shekhpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekhpur village
Description	Value
State	Haryana
District	Rewari
Tehsil	Bawal
Pincode	123501
Area (hectares)	241 hectares
Population	1,204
Male Population	648
Female Population	556
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shekhpur compares

By the 2011 count Shekhpur is the 42nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents. Its 241 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Shekhpur

Shekhpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shekhpur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shekhpur from other places

Shekhpur lies about 20 km from Rewari, and the nearest railway station is Majri Nangal, about 3.0 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 Shekhpur
Nearest railway station	Majri Nangal	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bawal	5.2 km
District headquarters	Rewari	20 km
Nearest town	Rewāri	20 km

Villages closest to Shekhpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekhpur village had a population of 1,204. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents.

Shekhpur village has 648 males and 556 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekhpur has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Shekhpur is 123501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shekhpur covers 241 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shekhpur falls under Bawal tehsil of Rewari district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Shekhpur is Majri Nangal, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Shekhpur is about 20 km from Rewari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekhpur is in Bawal tehsil of Rewari district. Majri Nangal is about 3.0 km away. Bawal is about 5.2 km away. Rewari is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.