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About Bholapur Shankhapur Village

Bholapur Shankhapur is a mid sized village in Meerganj tehsil, in the district of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 685, made up of 400 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 712 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542.66 hectares hectares.

Bholapur Shankhapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bholapur Shankhapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bareilly
Tehsil Meerganj
Area (hectares) 542.66 hectares
Population 685
Male Population 400
Female Population 285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 712
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 Bholapur Shankhapur compares

By the 2011 count Bholapur Shankhapur is the 180th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents. Its 542.66 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Bholapur Shankhapur

Bholapur Shankhapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bholapur Shankhapur 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 Bholapur Shankhapur from other places

Bholapur Shankhapur lies about 16 km from Bareilly, and the nearest railway station is Parsa Khera, about 6.2 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 Bholapur Shankhapur
Nearest town Fatehganj West 5.8 km
Nearest railway station Parsa Khera 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Meerganj 16 km
District headquarters Bareilly 16 km

Villages closest to Bholapur Shankhapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Meerganj 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 Bholapur Shankhapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bholapur Shankhapur village had a population of 685. That makes it the 180th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents.

Bholapur Shankhapur village has 400 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bholapur Shankhapur has about 712 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 873.

Bholapur Shankhapur covers 542.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bholapur Shankhapur falls under Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bholapur Shankhapur is Parsa Khera, about 6.2 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 Bholapur Shankhapur.

Bholapur Shankhapur is about 16 km from Bareilly in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bholapur Shankhapur is in Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district. Fatehganj West is about 5.8 km away. Parsa Khera is about 6.2 km away. Meerganj 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 Gahabara (under 2 km), Khilchipur Ehatmali (under 2 km) and Khilchipur Mustakil (under 2 km).

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

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