About Shikarpura Village

Shikarpura is a mid sized village in Nowgong tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 815, made up of 437 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.74 hectares hectares.

Shikarpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikarpura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Nowgong
Area (hectares)	142.74 hectares
Population	815
Male Population	437
Female Population	378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shikarpura compares

By the 2011 count Shikarpura is the 51st largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents. Its 142.74 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 907.

Getting to Shikarpura

Shikarpura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shikarpura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Shikarpura from other places

Shikarpura lies about 21 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ishanagar, about 20 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 Shikarpura
Tehsil headquarters	Nowgong	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Ishanagar	20 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	21 km

Villages closest to Shikarpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikarpura village had a population of 815. That makes it the 51st largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents.

Shikarpura village has 437 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikarpura has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Shikarpura covers 142.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shikarpura falls under Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shikarpura is Ishanagar, about 20 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shikarpura.

Shikarpura is about 21 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikarpura is in Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Nowgong is about 3.7 km away. Ishanagar is about 20 km away. Chhatarpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.