About Shekhupur Village

Shekhupur is a mid sized village in Mehnagar tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,717, made up of 771 males and 946 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,227 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.36 hectares hectares.

Shekhupur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekhupur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Azamgarh
Tehsil	Mehnagar
Area (hectares)	224.36 hectares
Population	1,717
Male Population	771
Female Population	946
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,227
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shekhupur compares

By the 2011 count Shekhupur is the 77th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 224.36 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Shekhupur

Shekhupur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shekhupur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shekhupur from other places

Shekhupur lies about 38 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Kirakat, about 15 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 Shekhupur
Nearest town	Lalganj	3.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kirakat	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mehnagar	18 km
District headquarters	Azamgarh	38 km

Villages closest to Shekhupur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekhupur village had a population of 1,717. That makes it the 77th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Shekhupur village has 771 males and 946 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekhupur has about 1227 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Shekhupur covers 224.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shekhupur falls under Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shekhupur is Kirakat, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Shekhupur.

Shekhupur is about 38 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekhupur is in Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district. Lalganj is about 3.3 km away. Kirakat is about 15 km away. Mehnagar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.