About Shekhupur Village

Shekhupur is a mid sized village in Akbarpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 713, made up of 380 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.7 hectares hectares.

Shekhupur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekhupur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Akbarpur
Area (hectares)	136.7 hectares
Population	713
Male Population	380
Female Population	333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shekhupur compares

By the 2011 count Shekhupur is the 203rd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 136.7 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Shekhupur

Shekhupur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shekhupur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Shekhupur from other places

Shekhupur lies about 27 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Chaunrah, about 8.1 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 Shekhupur
Nearest railway station	Chaunrah	8.1 km
Nearest town	Pukhrāyān	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akbarpur	26 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	27 km

Villages closest to Shekhupur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekhupur village had a population of 713. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Shekhupur village has 380 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekhupur has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 868.

Shekhupur covers 136.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shekhupur falls under Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shekhupur is Chaunrah, about 8.1 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Shekhupur.

Shekhupur is about 27 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekhupur is in Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Chaunrah is about 8.1 km away. Pukhrāyān is about 9.0 km away. Akbarpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.