Skip to main content

About Turkpur Village

Turkpur is a mid sized village in Bidhuna tehsil, in the district of Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 588, made up of 305 males and 283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.83 hectares hectares.

Turkpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turkpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Auraiya
Tehsil Bidhuna
Area (hectares) 198.83 hectares
Population 588
Male Population 305
Female Population 283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Turkpur compares

By the 2011 count Turkpur is the 304th largest of the 399 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 198.83 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Turkpur

Turkpur 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 Turkpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Turkpur from other places

Turkpur lies about 31 km from Auraiya, and the nearest railway station is Achhalda, about 2.7 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 Turkpur
Nearest railway station Achhalda 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bidhuna 16 km
Nearest town Bidhūna 16 km
District headquarters Auraiya 31 km

Villages closest to Turkpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turkpur village had a population of 588. That makes it the 304th largest of the 399 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Turkpur village has 305 males and 283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turkpur has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 862.

Turkpur covers 198.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turkpur falls under Bidhuna tehsil of Auraiya district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Turkpur is Achhalda, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Turkpur.

Turkpur is about 31 km from Auraiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turkpur is in Bidhuna tehsil of Auraiya district. Achhalda is about 2.7 km away. Bidhuna is about 16 km away. Bidhūna is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jalalpur Bidhuna (1.5 km), Lalpur (1.5 km) and Basauli (1.9 km).

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

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.

See All