About Maharaipur Shekh Village

Maharaipur Shekh is a mid sized village in Najibabad tehsil, in the district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,015, made up of 530 males and 485 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.65 hectares hectares.

Maharaipur Shekh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharaipur Shekh village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bijnor
Tehsil	Najibabad
Area (hectares)	169.65 hectares
Population	1,015
Male Population	530
Female Population	485
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharaipur Shekh compares

By the 2011 count Maharaipur Shekh is the 186th largest of the 392 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,309 residents. Its 169.65 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Maharaipur Shekh

Maharaipur Shekh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maharaipur Shekh as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Maharaipur Shekh from other places

Maharaipur Shekh lies about 26 km from Bijnor, and the nearest railway station is Fazalpur, about 3.0 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 Maharaipur Shekh
Nearest railway station	Fazalpur	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Najibabad	7.3 km
Nearest town	Najībābād	7.3 km
District headquarters	Bijnor	26 km

Villages closest to Maharaipur Shekh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Najibabad 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 Maharaipur Shekh

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharaipur Shekh village had a population of 1,015. That makes it the 186th largest of the 392 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,309 residents.

Maharaipur Shekh village has 530 males and 485 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharaipur Shekh has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

Maharaipur Shekh covers 169.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maharaipur Shekh falls under Najibabad tehsil of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maharaipur Shekh is Fazalpur, about 3.0 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 within village for Maharaipur Shekh.

Maharaipur Shekh is about 26 km from Bijnor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharaipur Shekh is in Najibabad tehsil of Bijnor district. Fazalpur is about 3.0 km away. Najibabad is about 7.3 km away. Najībābād is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.