About Shakhraura Village

Shakhraura is a mid sized village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 723, made up of 343 males and 380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360 hectares hectares.

Shakhraura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakhraura village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Handia
Area (hectares)	360 hectares
Population	723
Male Population	343
Female Population	380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,108
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Shakhraura compares

By the 2011 count Shakhraura is the 415th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 360 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Shakhraura

Shakhraura is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shakhraura as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shakhraura from other places

Shakhraura lies about 44 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bhiti, about 2.9 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 Shakhraura
Nearest railway station	Bhiti	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handia	8.2 km
Nearest town	Gyānpur	20 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	44 km

Villages closest to Shakhraura

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 Shakhraura

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakhraura village had a population of 723. That makes it the 415th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Shakhraura village has 343 males and 380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakhraura has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Shakhraura covers 360 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shakhraura is Bhiti, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Shakhraura.

Shakhraura is about 44 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shakhraura is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Bhiti is about 2.9 km away. Handia is about 8.2 km away. Gyānpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.