About Shakapur Village

Shakapur is a mid sized village in Jevargi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,431, made up of 800 males and 631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 456.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shakapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Jevargi
Pincode	585310
Area (hectares)	456.82 hectares
Population	1,431
Male Population	800
Female Population	631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shakapur compares

By the 2011 count Shakapur is the 68th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents. Its 456.82 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 963.

Getting to Shakapur

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

Shakapur lies about 41 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Shahabad, about 27 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 Shakapur
Tehsil headquarters	Jevargi	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Shahabad	27 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	41 km

Villages closest to Shakapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakapur village had a population of 1,431. That makes it the 68th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents.

Shakapur village has 800 males and 631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakapur has about 789 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Shakapur is 585310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shakapur covers 456.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shakapur falls under Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shakapur is Shahabad, about 27 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 10+ km distance for Shakapur.

Shakapur 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.

Shakapur is in Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Jevargi is about 5.1 km away. Shahabad is about 27 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.