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About Shekhapur Village

Shekhapur is a small village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 333, made up of 140 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,379 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.66 hectares hectares.

Shekhapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekhapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 55.66 hectares
Population 333
Male Population 140
Female Population 193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,379
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 Shekhapur compares

By the 2011 count Shekhapur is the 419th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 55.66 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Shekhapur

The census records public bus service for Shekhapur 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 Shekhapur from other places

Shekhapur 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 Shekhapur
Nearest railway station Sri Krishna Nagar 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 16 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 16 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 23 km

Villages closest to Shekhapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekhapur village had a population of 333. That makes it the 419th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Shekhapur village has 140 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekhapur has about 1379 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1061.

Shekhapur covers 55.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shekhapur falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shekhapur is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 7.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shekhapur.

Shekhapur 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.

Shekhapur is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Sri Krishna Nagar is about 7.5 km away. Machhlishahr is about 16 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.

The closest recorded villages are Shekhpur (under 2 km), Chitawan (under 2 km) and Bahauddinpur (1.9 km).

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

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