About Shekapur Village

Shekapur is a mid sized village in Ashti tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,125, made up of 589 males and 536 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 650 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 414203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shekapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bid
Tehsil	Ashti
Pincode	414203
Area (hectares)	650 hectares
Population	1,125
Male Population	589
Female Population	536
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shekapur compares

By the 2011 count Shekapur is the 79th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents. Its 650 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

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 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 46 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Satuna, about 43 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 Shekapur
Nearest town	Majalgaon	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ashti	26 km
Nearest railway station	Satuna	43 km
District headquarters	Bid	46 km

Villages closest to Shekapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ashti 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 1,125. That makes it the 79th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents.

Shekapur village has 589 males and 536 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekapur has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

The pincode recorded for Shekapur is 414203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shekapur covers 650 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.

Shekapur falls under Ashti tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shekapur is Satuna, about 43 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 5 - 10 km distance for Shekapur.

Shekapur is about 46 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekapur is in Ashti tehsil of Bid district. Majalgaon is about 5.1 km away. Ashti is about 26 km away. Satuna is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.