About Shahapur Village

Shahapur is a mid sized village in Mehkar tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,037, made up of 547 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 600 hectares hectares.

Shahapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Mehkar
Area (hectares)	600 hectares
Population	1,037
Male Population	547
Female Population	490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shahapur compares

By the 2011 count Shahapur is the 80th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 600 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Shahapur

Shahapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shahapur as Available within village. 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 Shahapur from other places

Shahapur lies about 59 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Jaulka, about 47 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 Shahapur
Tehsil headquarters	Mehkar	8.7 km
Nearest railway station	Jaulka	47 km
District headquarters	Buldana	59 km

Villages closest to Shahapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahapur village had a population of 1,037. That makes it the 80th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Shahapur village has 547 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahapur has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Shahapur covers 600 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.

Shahapur falls under Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shahapur is Jaulka, about 47 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 10+ km distance for Shahapur.

Shahapur is about 59 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahapur is in Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district. Mehkar is about 8.7 km away. Jaulka is about 47 km away. Buldana is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.