About Shikarpur Village

Shikarpur is a small village in Pratappur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 133 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 782 females per 1000 males. The village covers 599 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shikarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikarpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pratappur
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	599 hectares
Population	237
Male Population	133
Female Population	104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	782
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shikarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shikarpur is the 118th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 599 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Shikarpur

Shikarpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shikarpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Shikarpur from other places

Shikarpur lies about 79 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kajrat Nawadih, about 15 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 Shikarpur
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kajrat Nawadih	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pratappur	28 km
District headquarters	Chatra	79 km

Villages closest to Shikarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikarpur village had a population of 237. That makes it the 118th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Shikarpur village has 133 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikarpur has about 782 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Shikarpur is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shikarpur covers 599 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shikarpur falls under Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Shikarpur is Kajrat Nawadih, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shikarpur.

Shikarpur is about 79 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikarpur is in Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district. Nabīnagar is about 9.0 km away. Kajrat Nawadih is about 15 km away. Pratappur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.