About Sheikhahi Village

Sheikhahi is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 971, made up of 500 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.12 hectares hectares.

Sheikhahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sheikhahi village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Shahganj
Area (hectares)	166.12 hectares
Population	971
Male Population	500
Female Population	471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sheikhahi compares

By the 2011 count Sheikhahi is the 240th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 166.12 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 Sheikhahi

Sheikhahi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sheikhahi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sheikhahi from other places

Sheikhahi lies about 37 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Shahganj Junction, about 12 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 Sheikhahi
Nearest railway station	Shahganj Junction	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahganj	13 km
Nearest town	Shāhganj	13 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	37 km

Villages closest to Sheikhahi

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.

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Common questions about Sheikhahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Sheikhahi village had a population of 971. That makes it the 240th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Sheikhahi village has 500 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sheikhahi has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Sheikhahi covers 166.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sheikhahi is Shahganj Junction, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sheikhahi.

Sheikhahi is about 37 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sheikhahi is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Shahganj Junction is about 12 km away. Shahganj is about 13 km away. Shāhganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.