About Shikara Village

Shikara is a large village in Mukhed tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,868, made up of 1,454 males and 1,414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 880.73 hectares hectares.

Shikara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikara village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Mukhed
Area (hectares)	880.73 hectares
Population	2,868
Male Population	1,454
Female Population	1,414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shikara compares

By the 2011 count Shikara is the 19th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,768 residents. Its 880.73 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Shikara

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

Shikara lies about 54 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Udgir, about 40 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 Shikara
Nearest town	Mukher	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukhed	24 km
Nearest railway station	Udgir	40 km
District headquarters	Nanded	54 km

Villages closest to Shikara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikara village had a population of 2,868. That makes it the 19th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,768 residents.

Shikara village has 1,454 males and 1,414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikara has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Shikara covers 880.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shikara falls under Mukhed tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shikara is Udgir, about 40 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 Shikara.

Shikara is about 54 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikara is in Mukhed tehsil of Nanded district. Mukher is about 5.0 km away. Mukhed is about 24 km away. Udgir is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.