About Shekhupur Kalan Village

Shekhupur Kalan is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 115 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shekhupur Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekhupur Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144305
Area (hectares)	81 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	115
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shekhupur Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Shekhupur Kalan is the 310th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 81 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Shekhupur Kalan

Shekhupur Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shekhupur Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Shekhupur Kalan from other places

Shekhupur Kalan lies about 30 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 3.9 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 Shekhupur Kalan
Nearest railway station	Khuda Kurala	3.9 km
Nearest town	Urmar	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	9.9 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	30 km

Villages closest to Shekhupur Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasua 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 Shekhupur Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekhupur Kalan village had a population of 226. That makes it the 310th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Shekhupur Kalan village has 115 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekhupur Kalan has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Shekhupur Kalan is 144305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shekhupur Kalan covers 81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shekhupur Kalan falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Shekhupur Kalan is Khuda Kurala, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Shekhupur Kalan is about 30 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekhupur Kalan is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 3.9 km away. Urmar is about 7.5 km away. Dasua is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.