About Shikarpura Village

Shikarpura is a small village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 257, made up of 127 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 836.31 hectares hectares.

Shikarpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikarpura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Bahoriband
Area (hectares)	836.31 hectares
Population	257
Male Population	127
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shikarpura compares

By the 2011 count Shikarpura is the 140th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 836.31 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

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 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 55 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Sagoni, about 6.9 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
Nearest railway station	Sagoni	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bahoriband	24 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	40 km
District headquarters	Katni	55 km

Villages closest to Shikarpura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bahoriband 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 257. That makes it the 140th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Shikarpura village has 127 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikarpura has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Shikarpura covers 836.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shikarpura falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shikarpura is Sagoni, about 6.9 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 10+ km distance for Shikarpura.

Shikarpura is about 55 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikarpura is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Sagoni is about 6.9 km away. Bahoriband is about 24 km away. Sihorā is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.