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About Akhari Shahpur Village

Akhari Shahpur is a large village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,607, made up of 1,372 males and 1,235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.99 hectares hectares.

Akhari Shahpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhari Shahpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Area (hectares) 141.99 hectares
Population 2,607
Male Population 1,372
Female Population 1,235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akhari Shahpur compares

By the 2011 count Akhari Shahpur is the 55th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 141.99 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Akhari Shahpur

Akhari Shahpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akhari Shahpur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Akhari Shahpur from other places

Akhari Shahpur lies about 40 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Meja Road, about 5.4 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 Akhari Shahpur
Tehsil headquarters Meja 4.0 km
Nearest railway station Meja Road 5.4 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 40 km
District headquarters Allahabad 40 km

Villages closest to Akhari Shahpur

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

Common questions about Akhari Shahpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhari Shahpur village had a population of 2,607. That makes it the 55th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Akhari Shahpur village has 1,372 males and 1,235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhari Shahpur has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Akhari Shahpur covers 141.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Akhari Shahpur falls under Meja tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akhari Shahpur is Meja Road, about 5.4 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akhari Shahpur.

Akhari Shahpur is about 40 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhari Shahpur is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Meja is about 4.0 km away. Meja Road is about 5.4 km away. Gyānpur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jarar (under 2 km), Busaka (under 2 km) and Usaki (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Akhari Shahpur today is likely to be higher.

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