About Shajapur Village

Shajapur is a mid sized village in Pichhore tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 870, made up of 459 males and 411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 510.43 hectares hectares.

Shajapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shajapur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Pichhore
Area (hectares)	510.43 hectares
Population	870
Male Population	459
Female Population	411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shajapur compares

By the 2011 count Shajapur is the 109th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents. Its 510.43 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Shajapur

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

Shajapur lies about 43 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Basai, about 37 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 Shajapur
Tehsil headquarters	Pichhore	17 km
Nearest town	Karera	26 km
Nearest railway station	Basai	37 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	43 km

Villages closest to Shajapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shajapur village had a population of 870. That makes it the 109th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents.

Shajapur village has 459 males and 411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shajapur has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 877.

Shajapur covers 510.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shajapur falls under Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shajapur is Basai, about 37 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 village for Shajapur.

Shajapur is about 43 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shajapur is in Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district. Pichhore is about 17 km away. Karera is about 26 km away. Basai is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.