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About Anchar Kalan Village

Anchar Kalan is a large village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,364, made up of 1,227 males and 1,137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.28 hectares hectares.

Anchar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anchar Kalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bulandshahr
Tehsil Shikarpur
Area (hectares) 358.28 hectares
Population 2,364
Male Population 1,227
Female Population 1,137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 927
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anchar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Anchar Kalan is the 54th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 358.28 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Anchar Kalan

Anchar Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anchar Kalan as Available within village. 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 Anchar Kalan from other places

Anchar Kalan lies about 18 km from Bulandshahr, and the nearest railway station is Khurja City, about 11 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 Anchar Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Shikarpur 5.8 km
Nearest town Shikārpūr 5.8 km
Nearest railway station Khurja City 11 km
District headquarters Bulandshahr 18 km

Villages closest to Anchar Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anchar Kalan village had a population of 2,364. That makes it the 54th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Anchar Kalan village has 1,227 males and 1,137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anchar Kalan has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 895.

Anchar Kalan covers 358.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Anchar Kalan falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Anchar Kalan is Khurja City, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Anchar Kalan.

Anchar Kalan is about 18 km from Bulandshahr in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anchar Kalan is in Shikarpur tehsil of Bulandshahr district. Shikarpur is about 5.8 km away. Shikārpūr is about 5.8 km away. Khurja City is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Poroli (under 2 km), Faridpur Haveli (under 2 km) and Ancharu Khurd (2.1 km).

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

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