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About Shakarpur Village

Shakarpur is a mid sized village in Hapur tehsil, in the district of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 290 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.04 hectares hectares.

Shakarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakarpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghaziabad
Tehsil Hapur
Area (hectares) 108.04 hectares
Population 531
Male Population 290
Female Population 241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 831
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shakarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shakarpur is the 183rd largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,988 residents. Its 108.04 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 891.

Getting to Shakarpur

The census records public bus service for Shakarpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Shakarpur from other places

Shakarpur lies about 49 km from Ghaziabad, and the nearest railway station is Kuchesar Road, about under 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 Shakarpur
Nearest railway station Kuchesar Road under 2 km
Nearest town Kithor 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Hapur 14 km
District headquarters Ghaziabad 49 km

Villages closest to Shakarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakarpur village had a population of 531. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,988 residents.

Shakarpur village has 290 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakarpur has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 891.

Shakarpur covers 108.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shakarpur falls under Hapur tehsil of Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shakarpur is Kuchesar Road, about under 2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shakarpur.

Shakarpur is about 49 km from Ghaziabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shakarpur is in Hapur tehsil of Ghaziabad district. Kuchesar Road is about under 2 km away. Kithor is about 13 km away. Hapur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mubarakpur Salamatpur (1.6 km), Shahpur Jatt (3.1 km) and Dayanagar (3.2 km).

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

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