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About Sukhshahpur Village

Sukhshahpur is a small village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 135 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.27 hectares hectares.

Sukhshahpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sukhshahpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 141.27 hectares
Population 253
Male Population 135
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sukhshahpur compares

By the 2011 count Sukhshahpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 141.27 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. 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 Sukhshahpur

Sukhshahpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sukhshahpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Sukhshahpur from other places

Sukhshahpur lies about 20 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Kanchausi, about 16 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 Sukhshahpur
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 10 km
Nearest town Auraiya 11 km
Nearest railway station Kanchausi 16 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 20 km

Villages closest to Sukhshahpur

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 Sukhshahpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sukhshahpur village had a population of 253. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Sukhshahpur village has 135 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sukhshahpur has about 874 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.

Sukhshahpur covers 141.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sukhshahpur is Kanchausi, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sukhshahpur.

Sukhshahpur is about 20 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sukhshahpur is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 10 km away. Auraiya is about 11 km away. Kanchausi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Astpur (under 2 km), Achrauli (under 2 km) and Naiplapur (2.0 km).

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

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