About Shah Village

Shah is a mid sized village in Ghatampur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,326, made up of 707 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.63 hectares hectares.

Shah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shah village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil	Ghatampur
Area (hectares)	329.63 hectares
Population	1,326
Male Population	707
Female Population	619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Shah compares

By the 2011 count Shah is the 149th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents. Its 329.63 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 862.

Getting to Shah

Shah is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shah as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shah from other places

Shah lies about 22 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kathara Road, about 9.2 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 Shah
Nearest railway station	Kathara Road	9.2 km
Nearest town	Kanpur	16 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Nagar	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatampur	24 km

Villages closest to Shah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shah village had a population of 1,326. That makes it the 149th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents.

Shah village has 707 males and 619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shah 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 862.

Shah covers 329.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shah falls under Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shah is Kathara Road, about 9.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Shah.

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

Shah is in Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Kathara Road is about 9.2 km away. Kanpur is about 16 km away. Kanpur Nagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.