About Shikhera Village

Shikhera is a large village in Mawana tehsil, in the district of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,202, made up of 1,190 males and 1,012 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370.86 hectares hectares.

Shikhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikhera village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Meerut
Tehsil	Mawana
Area (hectares)	370.86 hectares
Population	2,202
Male Population	1,190
Female Population	1,012
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shikhera compares

By the 2011 count Shikhera is the 99th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,203 residents. Its 370.86 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 Shikhera

Shikhera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shikhera as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Shikhera from other places

Shikhera lies about 25 km from Meerut, and the nearest railway station is Daurli, 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 Shikhera
Tehsil headquarters	Mawana	10 km
Nearest town	Mawāna	10 km
Nearest railway station	Daurli	25 km
District headquarters	Meerut	25 km

Villages closest to 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.

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Common questions about Shikhera

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikhera village had a population of 2,202. That makes it the 99th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,203 residents.

Shikhera village has 1,190 males and 1,012 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikhera has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Shikhera covers 370.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shikhera is Daurli, about 25 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Shikhera.

Shikhera is about 25 km from Meerut in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikhera is in Mawana tehsil of Meerut district. Mawana is about 10 km away. Mawāna is about 10 km away. Daurli is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.