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About Shafipur Village

Shafipur is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 532, made up of 280 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.58 hectares hectares.

Shafipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shafipur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Shahganj
Area (hectares) 93.58 hectares
Population 532
Male Population 280
Female Population 252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
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 Shafipur compares

By the 2011 count Shafipur is the 345th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 93.58 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Shafipur

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

Shafipur lies about 22 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Kheta Sarai, about 4.3 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 Shafipur
Nearest railway station Kheta Sarai 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahganj 12 km
Nearest town Shāhganj 12 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 22 km

Villages closest to Shafipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shafipur village had a population of 532. That makes it the 345th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Shafipur village has 280 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shafipur has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Shafipur covers 93.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shafipur falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shafipur is Kheta Sarai, about 4.3 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 Shafipur.

Shafipur is about 22 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shafipur is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Kheta Sarai is about 4.3 km away. Shahganj is about 12 km away. Shāhganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bisva Taluka Rudhauli (under 2 km), Rudhauli (under 2 km) and Etmadpur (under 2 km).

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

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