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About Shahpur Village

Shahpur is a small village in Nizamabad tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 14 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.19 hectares hectares.

Shahpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Nizamabad
Area (hectares) 32.19 hectares
Population 35
Male Population 14
Female Population 21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shahpur compares

By the 2011 count Shahpur is the 473rd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 32.19 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

Getting to Shahpur

The census records public bus service for Shahpur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Shahpur from other places

Shahpur lies about 18 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Phariha, about 3.7 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 Shahpur
Nearest railway station Phariha 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Nizamabad 5.1 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 18 km

Villages closest to Shahpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahpur village had a population of 35. That makes it the 473rd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Shahpur village has 14 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahpur has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

Shahpur covers 32.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shahpur falls under Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shahpur is Phariha, about 3.7 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shahpur.

Shahpur is about 18 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahpur is in Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district. Phariha is about 3.7 km away. Nizamabad is about 5.1 km away. Azamgarh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampur Abusaidpur (under 2 km), Mulrajpur (under 2 km) and Mohammadpur (under 2 km).

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

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