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About Mahamudpur Shikhera Village

Mahamudpur Shikhera is a mid sized village in Mawana tehsil, in the district of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,849, made up of 996 males and 853 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 523.582 hectares hectares.

Mahamudpur Shikhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahamudpur Shikhera village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Meerut
Tehsil Mawana
Area (hectares) 523.582 hectares
Population 1,849
Male Population 996
Female Population 853
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Mahamudpur Shikhera compares

By the 2011 count Mahamudpur Shikhera is the 122nd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,203 residents. Its 523.582 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Mahamudpur Shikhera

Mahamudpur Shikhera 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 Mahamudpur Shikhera as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Mahamudpur Shikhera from other places

Mahamudpur Shikhera lies about 38 km from Meerut, and the nearest railway station is Bijnor, about 25 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 Mahamudpur Shikhera
Nearest town Hastināpur 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Mawana 13 km
Nearest railway station Bijnor 25 km
District headquarters Meerut 38 km

Villages closest to Mahamudpur Shikhera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mawana 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 Mahamudpur Shikhera

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahamudpur Shikhera village had a population of 1,849. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,203 residents.

Mahamudpur Shikhera village has 996 males and 853 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahamudpur Shikhera has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Mahamudpur Shikhera covers 523.582 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mahamudpur Shikhera falls under Mawana tehsil of Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mahamudpur Shikhera is Bijnor, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Mahamudpur Shikhera.

Mahamudpur Shikhera is about 38 km from Meerut in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahamudpur Shikhera is in Mawana tehsil of Meerut district. Hastināpur is about 4.4 km away. Mawana is about 13 km away. Bijnor is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamalpur Meghrajpur (1.8 km), Nagli Khadar (2.7 km) and Behsuma (2.8 km).

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

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