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About Shiwal Village

Shiwal is a large village in Chhata tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,426, made up of 1,894 males and 1,532 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 809 females per 1000 males. The village covers 941.87 hectares hectares.

Shiwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shiwal village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mathura
Tehsil Chhata
Area (hectares) 941.87 hectares
Population 3,426
Male Population 1,894
Female Population 1,532
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 809
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Shiwal compares

By the 2011 count Shiwal is the 41st largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,724 residents. Its 941.87 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 856.

Getting to Shiwal

Shiwal 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 Shiwal 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 Shiwal from other places

Shiwal lies about 19 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Ajhai, about 5.0 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 Shiwal
Nearest railway station Ajhai 5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhata 13 km
Nearest town Chhāta 13 km
District headquarters Mathura 19 km

Villages closest to Shiwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shiwal village had a population of 3,426. That makes it the 41st largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,724 residents.

Shiwal village has 1,894 males and 1,532 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shiwal has about 809 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 856.

Shiwal covers 941.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shiwal falls under Chhata tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shiwal is Ajhai, about 5.0 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 Shiwal.

Shiwal is about 19 km from Mathura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shiwal is in Chhata tehsil of Mathura district. Ajhai is about 5.0 km away. Chhata is about 13 km away. Chhāta is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pelkhu (2.7 km), Sihana (3.6 km) and Bharna Khurd (3.9 km).

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

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