About Shikarpur Village

Shikarpur is a small village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 116 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144620, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shikarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikarpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
Tehsil	Sultanpur Lodhi
Pincode	144620
Area (hectares)	89.02 hectares
Population	231
Male Population	116
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shikarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shikarpur is the 118th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 89.02 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Shikarpur

Shikarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shikarpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Shikarpur from other places

Shikarpur lies about 19 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Dudwindi, about 5.1 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 Shikarpur
Nearest railway station	Dudwindi	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sultanpur Lodhi	6.7 km
District headquarters	Kapurthala	19 km
Nearest town	Kapurthala Town	19 km

Villages closest to Shikarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sultanpur Lodhi 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 Shikarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikarpur village had a population of 231. That makes it the 118th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Shikarpur village has 116 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikarpur has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Shikarpur is 144620. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shikarpur covers 89.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shikarpur falls under Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Shikarpur is Dudwindi, about 5.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Shikarpur.

Shikarpur is about 19 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikarpur is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district. Dudwindi is about 5.1 km away. Sultanpur Lodhi is about 6.7 km away. Kapurthala is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.