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About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a small village in Majhauli tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 131 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.14 hectares hectares.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sidhi
Tehsil Majhauli
Area (hectares) 166.14 hectares
Population 265
Male Population 131
Female Population 134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 104th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents. Its 166.14 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 946.

Getting to Shankarpur

Shankarpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shankarpur as Available within 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 Shankarpur from other places

Shankarpur lies about 42 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Kanchanpur Road, about 26 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 Shankarpur
Tehsil headquarters Majhauli 18 km
Nearest railway station Kanchanpur Road 26 km
Nearest town Beohāri 27 km
District headquarters Sidhi 42 km

Villages closest to Shankarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarpur village had a population of 265. That makes it the 104th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents.

Shankarpur village has 131 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Shankarpur covers 166.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shankarpur falls under Majhauli tehsil of Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shankarpur is Kanchanpur Road, about 26 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is about 42 km from Sidhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarpur is in Majhauli tehsil of Sidhi district. Majhauli is about 18 km away. Kanchanpur Road is about 26 km away. Beohāri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghoghi (2.6 km), Chunguna (4.0 km) and Naudhiya (5.9 km).

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

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