About Shankerpur Kalan Village

Shankerpur Kalan is a large village in Tulsipur tehsil, in the district of Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,008, made up of 1,072 males and 936 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankerpur Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankerpur Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Balrampur
Tehsil	Tulsipur
Pincode	271206
Area (hectares)	370.28 hectares
Population	2,008
Male Population	1,072
Female Population	936
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shankerpur Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Shankerpur Kalan is the 141st largest of the 352 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,947 residents. Its 370.28 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 914.

Getting to Shankerpur Kalan

Shankerpur Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shankerpur Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Shankerpur Kalan from other places

Shankerpur Kalan lies about 19 km from Balrampur, and the nearest railway station is Kauwapur, about 14 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 Shankerpur Kalan
Nearest railway station	Kauwapur	14 km
District headquarters	Balrampur	19 km
Nearest town	Balrāmpur	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tulsipur	24 km

Villages closest to Shankerpur Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tulsipur 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 Shankerpur Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankerpur Kalan village had a population of 2,008. That makes it the 141st largest of the 352 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,947 residents.

Shankerpur Kalan village has 1,072 males and 936 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankerpur Kalan has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Shankerpur Kalan is 271206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankerpur Kalan covers 370.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankerpur Kalan falls under Tulsipur tehsil of Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shankerpur Kalan is Kauwapur, about 14 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shankerpur Kalan.

Shankerpur Kalan is about 19 km from Balrampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankerpur Kalan is in Tulsipur tehsil of Balrampur district. Kauwapur is about 14 km away. Balrampur is about 19 km away. Balrāmpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.