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About Sikandarpur Village

Sikandarpur is a mid sized village in Tarabganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 522, made up of 288 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.33 hectares hectares.

Sikandarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikandarpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Tarabganj
Area (hectares) 104.33 hectares
Population 522
Male Population 288
Female Population 234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 812
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sikandarpur compares

By the 2011 count Sikandarpur is the 301st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,094 residents. Its 104.33 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 939.

Getting to Sikandarpur

Sikandarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sikandarpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Sikandarpur from other places

Sikandarpur lies about 32 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Mankapur Junction, about 5.8 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 Sikandarpur
Nearest railway station Mankapur Junction 5.8 km
Nearest town Ayodhya 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Tarabganj 25 km
District headquarters Gonda 32 km

Villages closest to Sikandarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikandarpur village had a population of 522. That makes it the 301st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,094 residents.

Sikandarpur village has 288 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikandarpur has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Sikandarpur covers 104.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sikandarpur falls under Tarabganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sikandarpur is Mankapur Junction, about 5.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sikandarpur.

Sikandarpur is about 32 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sikandarpur is in Tarabganj tehsil of Gonda district. Mankapur Junction is about 5.8 km away. Ayodhya is about 21 km away. Tarabganj is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surjapur (under 2 km), Mahadewa (1.9 km) and Hardwa (2.4 km).

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

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