About Shakhapur Village

Shakhapur is a mid sized village in Aland tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,014, made up of 507 males and 507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shakhapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakhapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Aland
Pincode	585302
Area (hectares)	398.54 hectares
Population	1,014
Male Population	507
Female Population	507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shakhapur compares

By the 2011 count Shakhapur is the 103rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 398.54 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Shakhapur

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

Shakhapur lies about 41 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kulali, about 22 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 Shakhapur
Tehsil headquarters	Aland	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kulali	22 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	41 km

Villages closest to Shakhapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakhapur village had a population of 1,014. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Shakhapur village has 507 males and 507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakhapur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Shakhapur is 585302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shakhapur covers 398.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shakhapur falls under Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shakhapur is Kulali, about 22 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 Shakhapur.

Shakhapur is about 41 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shakhapur is in Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district. Aland is about 5.8 km away. Kulali is about 22 km away. Gulbarga is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.