About Shekapur Village

Shekapur is a mid sized village in Patur tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 802, made up of 417 males and 385 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1047.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 444511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Shekapur compares

By the 2011 count Shekapur is the 53rd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,368 residents. Its 1047.24 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Shekapur

Shekapur 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 Shekapur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shekapur from other places

Shekapur lies about 36 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Amanwadi, about 21 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.

Villages closest to Shekapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patur tehsil.

• Khaparkheda under 2 km
• Karla 2.6 km
• Jamb 3.1 km
• Pacharan 3.6 km
• Alegaon 3.8 km
• Asola 4.0 km

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.