About Shikarpur Village

Shikarpur is a small village in Chunar tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 235, made up of 112 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.01 hectares hectares.

Shikarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikarpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Chunar
Area (hectares)	146.01 hectares
Population	235
Male Population	112
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,098
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shikarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shikarpur is the 444th 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 146.01 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Shikarpur

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

Shikarpur lies about 42 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Kailahat, about 5.4 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 Shikarpur
Nearest railway station	Kailahat	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chunar	10 km
Nearest town	Chunār	10 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	42 km

Villages closest to Shikarpur

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 Shikarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikarpur village had a population of 235. That makes it the 444th largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents.

Shikarpur village has 112 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikarpur has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

Shikarpur covers 146.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Shikarpur is Kailahat, about 5.4 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 and private bus service as Available for Shikarpur.

Shikarpur is about 42 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikarpur is in Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district. Kailahat is about 5.4 km away. Chunar is about 10 km away. Chunār is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.