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About Shakarpuri Village

Shakarpuri is a small village in Dhanaura tehsil, in the district of Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 202, made up of 110 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.43 hectares hectares.

Shakarpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakarpuri village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jyotiba Phule Nagar
Tehsil Dhanaura
Area (hectares) 121.43 hectares
Population 202
Male Population 110
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 836
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 Shakarpuri compares

By the 2011 count Shakarpuri is the 256th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,225 residents. Its 121.43 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Shakarpuri

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

Shakarpuri lies about 11 km from Jyotiba Phule Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kafurpur, 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 Shakarpuri
Nearest railway station Kafurpur 4.3 km
District headquarters Jyotiba Phule Nagar 11 km
Nearest town Gajraula 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaura 18 km

Villages closest to Shakarpuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakarpuri village had a population of 202. That makes it the 256th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,225 residents.

Shakarpuri village has 110 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakarpuri has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

Shakarpuri covers 121.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shakarpuri falls under Dhanaura tehsil of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shakarpuri is Kafurpur, 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 Shakarpuri.

Shakarpuri is about 11 km from Jyotiba Phule Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shakarpuri is in Dhanaura tehsil of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district. Kafurpur is about 4.3 km away. Jyotiba Phule Nagar is about 11 km away. Gajraula 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 Bagadpur Mafi (1.5 km), Nipaniya (2.2 km) and Sarkada Kalan (2.6 km).

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

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