About Shekapur Village

Shekapur is a small village in Katol tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 372, made up of 200 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 571.41 hectares hectares.

Shekapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Tehsil	Katol
Area (hectares)	571.41 hectares
Population	372
Male Population	200
Female Population	172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
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 90th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 571.41 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

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 39 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Metpanjra, about 13 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 railway station	Metpanjra	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katol	18 km
Nearest town	Kātol	18 km
District headquarters	Nagpur	39 km

Villages closest to Shekapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katol 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 372. That makes it the 90th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Shekapur village has 200 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekapur has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Shekapur covers 571.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shekapur falls under Katol tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shekapur is Metpanjra, about 13 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 39 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekapur is in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district. Metpanjra is about 13 km away. Katol is about 18 km away. Kātol is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.