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About Shahunpur Village

Shahunpur is a small village in Belthara Road tehsil, in the district of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 118, made up of 64 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.55 hectares hectares.

Shahunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahunpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ballia
Tehsil Belthara Road
Area (hectares) 50.55 hectares
Population 118
Male Population 64
Female Population 54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shahunpur compares

By the 2011 count Shahunpur is the 249th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,388 residents. Its 50.55 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Shahunpur

Shahunpur 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 Shahunpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Shahunpur from other places

Shahunpur lies about 35 km from Ballia, and the nearest railway station is Richha Road, about 12 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 Shahunpur
Nearest town Shīshgarh 6.5 km
Nearest railway station Richha Road 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Belthara Road 35 km
District headquarters Ballia 35 km

Villages closest to Shahunpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Belthara Road 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 Shahunpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahunpur village had a population of 118. That makes it the 249th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,388 residents.

Shahunpur village has 64 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahunpur has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Shahunpur covers 50.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shahunpur falls under Belthara Road tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shahunpur is Richha Road, about 12 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 for Shahunpur.

Shahunpur is about 35 km from Ballia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahunpur is in Belthara Road tehsil of Ballia district. Shīshgarh is about 6.5 km away. Richha Road is about 12 km away. Belthara Road is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahpur Titiha (under 2 km), Bahuta Chak Upadhaya (8.0 km) and Budhaipur (9.3 km).

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

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