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About Galpura Village

Galpura is a mid sized village in Shikohabad tehsil, in the district of Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,335, made up of 714 males and 621 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 205142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Galpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Galpura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Firozabad
Tehsil Shikohabad
Pincode 205142
Area (hectares) 256.94 hectares
Population 1,335
Male Population 714
Female Population 621
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Galpura compares

By the 2011 count Galpura is the 147th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,886 residents. Its 256.94 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 873.

Getting to Galpura

Galpura is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Galpura 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Galpura from other places

Galpura lies about 37 km from Firozabad, and the nearest railway station is Bhadan, about 1.5 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 Galpura
Nearest railway station Bhadan 1.5 km
Nearest town Sirsāganj 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Shikohabad 20 km
District headquarters Firozabad 37 km

Villages closest to Galpura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shikohabad 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 Galpura

As per the Census of India 2011, Galpura village had a population of 1,335. That makes it the 147th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,886 residents.

Galpura village has 714 males and 621 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Galpura has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

The pincode recorded for Galpura is 205142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Galpura covers 256.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Galpura falls under Shikohabad tehsil of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Galpura is Bhadan, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Galpura.

Galpura is about 37 km from Firozabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Galpura is in Shikohabad tehsil of Firozabad district. Bhadan is about 1.5 km away. Sirsāganj is about 9.4 km away. Shikohabad is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sujanipur (under 2 km), Pariharmau (under 2 km) and Alampur Jhapta (1.5 km).

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

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