About Shekapur Village

Shekapur is a small village in Achalpur tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 139 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 267.05 hectares hectares.

Shekapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Amravati
Tehsil	Achalpur
Area (hectares)	267.05 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	139
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	784
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shekapur compares

By the 2011 count Shekapur is the 109th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents. Its 267.05 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Shekapur

Shekapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shekapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 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 39 km from Amravati. 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 Shekapur
Tehsil headquarters	Achalpur	4.6 km
District headquarters	Amravati	39 km

Villages closest to Shekapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekapur village had a population of 248. That makes it the 109th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents.

Shekapur village has 139 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekapur has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Shekapur covers 267.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shekapur falls under Achalpur tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Shekapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Shekapur is about 39 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekapur is in Achalpur tehsil of Amravati district. Achalpur is about 4.6 km away. Amravati is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.