About Shekhpur Village

Shekhpur is a small village in Badlapur tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 160 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.31 hectares hectares.

Shekhpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekhpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Badlapur
Area (hectares)	42.31 hectares
Population	330
Male Population	160
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shekhpur compares

By the 2011 count Shekhpur is the 320th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents. Its 42.31 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1043.

Getting to Shekhpur

Shekhpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shekhpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shekhpur from other places

Shekhpur lies about 23 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 7.5 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 Shekhpur
Nearest railway station	Sri Krishna Nagar	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Badlapur	8.3 km
Nearest town	Machhlīshahr	16 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	23 km

Villages closest to Shekhpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekhpur village had a population of 330. That makes it the 320th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents.

Shekhpur village has 160 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekhpur has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1043.

Shekhpur covers 42.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shekhpur falls under Badlapur tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shekhpur is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 7.5 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 village for Shekhpur.

Shekhpur is about 23 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekhpur is in Badlapur tehsil of Jaunpur district. Sri Krishna Nagar is about 7.5 km away. Badlapur is about 8.3 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.