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About Shilpi Village

Shilpi is a mid sized village in Chunar tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,047, made up of 563 males and 484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.98 hectares hectares.

Shilpi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shilpi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mirzapur
Tehsil Chunar
Area (hectares) 186.98 hectares
Population 1,047
Male Population 563
Female Population 484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shilpi compares

By the 2011 count Shilpi is the 231st largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents. Its 186.98 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 927.

Getting to Shilpi

Shilpi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shilpi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Shilpi from other places

Shilpi lies about 27 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Chunar Junction, about 4.1 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 Shilpi
Nearest railway station Chunar Junction 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Chunar 4.7 km
Nearest town Chunār 4.7 km
District headquarters Mirzapur 27 km

Villages closest to Shilpi

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.

Common questions about Shilpi

As per the Census of India 2011, Shilpi village had a population of 1,047. That makes it the 231st largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents.

Shilpi village has 563 males and 484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shilpi has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Shilpi covers 186.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shilpi is Chunar Junction, about 4.1 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shilpi.

Shilpi is about 27 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shilpi is in Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district. Chunar Junction is about 4.1 km away. Chunar is about 4.7 km away. Chunār is about 4.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Meghupur (under 2 km), Jogi Bhogi Kalan (under 2 km) and Jogi Bhogi Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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