About Shekhpur Village

Shekhpur is a small village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 122, made up of 65 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.84 hectares hectares.

Shekhpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekhpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Handia
Area (hectares)	52.84 hectares
Population	122
Male Population	65
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shekhpur compares

By the 2011 count Shekhpur is the 566th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 52.84 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Shekhpur

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

Shekhpur lies about 27 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Phulpur, about 6.3 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 Shekhpur
Nearest railway station	Phulpur	6.3 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handia	29 km

Villages closest to Shekhpur

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 Shekhpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekhpur village had a population of 122. That makes it the 566th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Shekhpur village has 65 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekhpur has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Shekhpur covers 52.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shekhpur is Phulpur, about 6.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Shekhpur.

Shekhpur is about 27 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekhpur is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Phulpur is about 6.3 km away. Allahabad is about 27 km away. Handia is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.