About Shankerpur Village

Shankerpur is a large village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,197, made up of 1,170 males and 1,027 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.6 hectares hectares.

Shankerpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankerpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Handia
Area (hectares)	141.6 hectares
Population	2,197
Male Population	1,170
Female Population	1,027
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankerpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankerpur is the 126th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 141.6 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Shankerpur

Shankerpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shankerpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shankerpur from other places

Shankerpur lies about 42 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bhiti, about 6.5 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 Shankerpur
Nearest railway station	Bhiti	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handia	7.6 km
Nearest town	Gyānpur	22 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	42 km

Villages closest to Shankerpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankerpur village had a population of 2,197. That makes it the 126th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Shankerpur village has 1,170 males and 1,027 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankerpur has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Shankerpur covers 141.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Shankerpur falls under Handia tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shankerpur is Bhiti, about 6.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shankerpur.

Shankerpur is about 42 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankerpur is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Bhiti is about 6.5 km away. Handia is about 7.6 km away. Gyānpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.