About Shekhapur Village

Shekhapur is a small village in Chunar tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 103 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.09 hectares hectares.

Shekhapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekhapur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Chunar
Area (hectares)	36.09 hectares
Population	196
Male Population	103
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shekhapur compares

By the 2011 count Shekhapur is the 452nd largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents. Its 36.09 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Shekhapur

Shekhapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shekhapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shekhapur from other places

Shekhapur lies about 20 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Kachhwa Road, about 1.8 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 Shekhapur
Nearest railway station	Kachhwa Road	1.8 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	20 km
Nearest town	Mirzāpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chunar	22 km

Villages closest to Shekhapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekhapur village had a population of 196. That makes it the 452nd largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents.

Shekhapur village has 103 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekhapur has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Shekhapur covers 36.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shekhapur falls under Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shekhapur is Kachhwa Road, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shekhapur.

Shekhapur is about 20 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekhapur is in Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district. Kachhwa Road is about 1.8 km away. Mirzapur is about 20 km away. Mirzāpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.