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About Shankerpur Village

Shankerpur is a small village in Rasulabad tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 210 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.83 hectares hectares.

Shankerpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankerpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Rasulabad
Area (hectares) 168.83 hectares
Population 377
Male Population 210
Female Population 167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 795
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 Shankerpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankerpur is the 160th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,766 residents. Its 168.83 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 860.

Getting to Shankerpur

Shankerpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Shankerpur 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 Shankerpur from other places

Shankerpur lies about 50 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Moti Jheel, about under 2 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 Shankerpur
Nearest railway station Moti Jheel under 2 km
Nearest town Kanpur 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Rasulabad 34 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 50 km

Villages closest to Shankerpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankerpur village had a population of 377. That makes it the 160th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,766 residents.

Shankerpur village has 210 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankerpur has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 860.

Shankerpur covers 168.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankerpur falls under Rasulabad tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shankerpur is Moti Jheel, about under 2 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 Shankerpur.

Shankerpur is about 50 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankerpur is in Rasulabad tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Moti Jheel is about under 2 km away. Kanpur is about 3.2 km away. Rasulabad is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simara Mau (under 2 km), Kathara (15 km) and Anta (15 km).

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

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