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About Shekhpur Village

Shekhpur is a mid sized village in Kailaras tehsil, in the district of Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,278, made up of 701 males and 577 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257 hectares hectares.

Shekhpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekhpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Morena
Tehsil Kailaras
Area (hectares) 257 hectares
Population 1,278
Male Population 701
Female Population 577
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 823
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shekhpur compares

By the 2011 count Shekhpur is the 53rd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,579 residents. Its 257 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 848.

Getting to Shekhpur

The census records public bus service for Shekhpur as Available within 5 - 10 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shekhpur from other places

Shekhpur lies about 37 km from Morena, and the nearest railway station is Bhatpura, about under 2 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 Shekhpur
Nearest railway station Bhatpura under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kailaras 6.8 km
Nearest town Kailāras 6.8 km
District headquarters Morena 37 km

Villages closest to Shekhpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekhpur village had a population of 1,278. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,579 residents.

Shekhpur village has 701 males and 577 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekhpur has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 848.

Shekhpur covers 257 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shekhpur falls under Kailaras tehsil of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shekhpur is Bhatpura, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shekhpur.

Shekhpur is about 37 km from Morena in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekhpur is in Kailaras tehsil of Morena district. Bhatpura is about under 2 km away. Kailaras is about 6.8 km away. Kailāras is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nayagaon Gird (under 2 km), Nayagaon Mangarh (under 2 km) and Torika (under 2 km).

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

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