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About Shahapura Village

Shahapura is a small village in Jhiranya tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 210 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281.11 hectares hectares.

Shahapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahapura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Jhiranya
Area (hectares) 281.11 hectares
Population 396
Male Population 210
Female Population 186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shahapura compares

By the 2011 count Shahapura is the 118th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents. Its 281.11 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 995.

Getting to Shahapura

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

Shahapura lies about 4.0 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 50 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 Shahapura
Tehsil headquarters Jhiranya 4.0 km
District headquarters Khargone 4.0 km
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 50 km

Villages closest to Shahapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahapura village had a population of 396. That makes it the 118th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents.

Shahapura village has 210 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahapura has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Shahapura covers 281.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shahapura falls under Jhiranya tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shahapura is Hathi gate station, about 50 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 <5 km distance for Shahapura.

Shahapura is about 4.0 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahapura is in Jhiranya tehsil of Khargone district. Jhiranya is about 4.0 km away. Khargone is about 4.0 km away. Hathi gate station is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Laikhedi (6.4 km), Mahetya Khedi (6.4 km) and Jamli (9.9 km).

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

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