About Shikra Village

Shikra is a large village in Majhauli tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,874, made up of 1,530 males and 1,344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 913.72 hectares hectares.

Shikra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sidhi
Tehsil	Majhauli
Area (hectares)	913.72 hectares
Population	2,874
Male Population	1,530
Female Population	1,344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shikra compares

By the 2011 count Shikra is the 10th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents. Its 913.72 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Shikra

Shikra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shikra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shikra from other places

Shikra lies about 24 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Shankarpur Bhadaura, about 9.8 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 Shikra
Nearest railway station	Shankarpur Bhadaura	9.8 km
District headquarters	Sidhi	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Majhauli	24 km

Villages closest to Shikra

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.

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Common questions about Shikra

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikra village had a population of 2,874. That makes it the 10th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents.

Shikra village has 1,530 males and 1,344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikra has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Shikra covers 913.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shikra is Shankarpur Bhadaura, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shikra.

Shikra is about 24 km from Sidhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikra is in Majhauli tehsil of Sidhi district. Shankarpur Bhadaura is about 9.8 km away. Sidhi is about 24 km away. Majhauli is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.