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About Shahpur Kalan Village

Shahpur Kalan is a mid sized village in Sikandrabad tehsil, in the district of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,050, made up of 561 males and 489 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.92 hectares hectares.

Shahpur Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahpur Kalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bulandshahr
Tehsil Sikandrabad
Area (hectares) 216.92 hectares
Population 1,050
Male Population 561
Female Population 489
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shahpur Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Shahpur Kalan is the 97th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,168 residents. Its 216.92 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Shahpur Kalan

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

Shahpur Kalan lies about 10 km from Bulandshahr, and the nearest railway station is Chola, about 6.6 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 Shahpur Kalan
Nearest railway station Chola 6.6 km
District headquarters Bulandshahr 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikandrabad 12 km

Villages closest to Shahpur Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahpur Kalan village had a population of 1,050. That makes it the 97th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,168 residents.

Shahpur Kalan village has 561 males and 489 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahpur Kalan has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Shahpur Kalan covers 216.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shahpur Kalan falls under Sikandrabad tehsil of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shahpur Kalan is Chola, about 6.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shahpur Kalan.

Shahpur Kalan is about 10 km from Bulandshahr in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahpur Kalan is in Sikandrabad tehsil of Bulandshahr district. Chola is about 6.6 km away. Bulandshahr is about 10 km away. Sikandrabad is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanakpur Alias Talawpur (2.2 km), Birondi Tajpur (3.3 km) and Chola (3.4 km).

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

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