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About Sakapur Village

Sakapur is a mid sized village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 940, made up of 436 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,156 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.61 hectares hectares.

Sakapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 55.61 hectares
Population 940
Male Population 436
Female Population 504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,156
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sakapur compares

By the 2011 count Sakapur is the 269th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 55.61 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Sakapur

Sakapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sakapur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sakapur from other places

Sakapur lies about 8.4 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Zafarabad Junction, about 3.1 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 Sakapur
Nearest railway station Zafarabad Junction 3.1 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 34 km

Villages closest to Sakapur

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 Sakapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakapur village had a population of 940. That makes it the 269th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Sakapur village has 436 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakapur has about 1156 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1061.

Sakapur covers 55.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Sakapur is Zafarabad Junction, about 3.1 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 village for Sakapur.

Sakapur is about 8.4 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakapur is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Zafarabad Junction is about 3.1 km away. Jaunpur is about 8.4 km away. Machhlishahr is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Godhana (6.0 km), Tazuddinpur Ghaharpara (9.2 km) and Vishapalpur (10 km).

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

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