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About Shakhin Buzurg Village

Shakhin Buzurg is a mid sized village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 573 males and 503 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.8 hectares hectares.

Shakhin Buzurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakhin Buzurg village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 264.8 hectares
Population 1,076
Male Population 573
Female Population 503
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shakhin Buzurg compares

By the 2011 count Shakhin Buzurg is the 93rd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 264.8 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Shakhin Buzurg

Shakhin Buzurg is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Shakhin Buzurg 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shakhin Buzurg from other places

Shakhin Buzurg lies about 22 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Jhinjhak, about 23 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 Shakhin Buzurg
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra under 2 km
Nearest town Auraiya 15 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 22 km
Nearest railway station Jhinjhak 23 km

Villages closest to Shakhin Buzurg

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sikandra 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 Shakhin Buzurg

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakhin Buzurg village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Shakhin Buzurg village has 573 males and 503 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakhin Buzurg has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 856.

Shakhin Buzurg covers 264.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shakhin Buzurg falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shakhin Buzurg is Jhinjhak, about 23 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shakhin Buzurg.

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

Shakhin Buzurg is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about under 2 km away. Auraiya is about 15 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dabarapur Sikandra (under 2 km), Sikandra Dehat (under 2 km) and Mahmudpur Buzurg (1.9 km).

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

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