About Shekha Village

Shekha is a mid sized village in Koil tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 675, made up of 361 males and 314 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.41 hectares hectares.

Shekha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Aligarh
Tehsil	Koil
Area (hectares)	239.41 hectares
Population	675
Male Population	361
Female Population	314
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shekha compares

By the 2011 count Shekha is the 312th largest of the 357 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,099 residents. Its 239.41 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Shekha

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

Shekha lies about 28 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Sonai, about 12 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 Shekha
Nearest railway station	Sonai	12 km
Nearest town	Hāthras	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Koil	28 km
District headquarters	Aligarh	28 km

Villages closest to Shekha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekha village had a population of 675. That makes it the 312th largest of the 357 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,099 residents.

Shekha village has 361 males and 314 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekha has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Shekha covers 239.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shekha falls under Koil tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shekha is Sonai, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shekha.

Shekha is about 28 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekha is in Koil tehsil of Aligarh district. Sonai is about 12 km away. Hāthras is about 17 km away. Koil is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.