About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a mid sized village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 568, made up of 267 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.12 hectares hectares.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	25.12 hectares
Population	568
Male Population	267
Female Population	301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,127
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 347th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 25.12 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Shankarpur

Shankarpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shankarpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Shankarpur from other places

Shankarpur lies about 35 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 21 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 Shankarpur
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	18 km
Nearest railway station	Maghar	21 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	23 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	35 km

Villages closest to Shankarpur

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

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Common questions about Shankarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarpur village had a population of 568. That makes it the 347th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Shankarpur village has 267 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Shankarpur covers 25.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Shankarpur falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shankarpur is Maghar, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is about 35 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarpur is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 18 km away. Maghar is about 21 km away. Khalīlābād is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.