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About Shisholar Village

Shisholar is a mid sized village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,042, made up of 573 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 679.5 hectares hectares.

Shisholar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shisholar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Gaurihar
Area (hectares) 679.5 hectares
Population 1,042
Male Population 573
Female Population 469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 818
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shisholar compares

By the 2011 count Shisholar is the 64th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 679.5 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 864.

Getting to Shisholar

Shisholar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Shisholar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Shisholar from other places

Shisholar lies about 80 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mataundh, about 8.4 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 Shisholar
Nearest railway station Mataundh 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Gaurihar 11 km
Nearest town Bānda 18 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 80 km

Villages closest to Shisholar

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

Common questions about Shisholar

As per the Census of India 2011, Shisholar village had a population of 1,042. That makes it the 64th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Shisholar village has 573 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shisholar has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Shisholar covers 679.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shisholar falls under Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shisholar is Mataundh, about 8.4 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shisholar.

Shisholar is about 80 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shisholar is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Mataundh is about 8.4 km away. Gaurihar is about 11 km away. Bānda is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandrapura (2.5 km), Manwara (3.0 km) and Pahara (3.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shisholar today is likely to be higher.

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